Case Study
Designing a workplace for an employee in maintenance

The company is a steel group.

The man is deaf and unable to perceive acoustic information, e.g. spoken language and signals. Due to his disability, audible information must therefore be modified so that it can be perceived visually or tactilely by the man. Verbal communication with him is possible to a limited extent via lip-reading. The degree of disability (GdB) is 100.

The man is a trained electronics technician for industrial engineering and works in the area of maintenance for building services at the company.

The electronics technician works in the workshop, in the buildings and on the outside grounds due to the repair and maintenance work. In order to compensate for certain communication restrictions, the employee needs a powerful paging system with a base station and receiver whose signal can be received in all areas so that he can be called or warned with assurance. The information from the base station (warnings, notices, etc.) is transmitted to the employee by the mobile receiving device and through vibrations and visual displays. In emergency situations, a call for help can be triggered by simply pressing a button, which is automatically sent to the base station.

In the private sphere, the man needs a vibrating alarm clock with a vibrating unit (so-called Vibration cushion) for positioning under the pillow so that he can arrive at work on time.

The design suitable for disabled people was supported by the Integration and Inclusion Office. Advice was provided by the Technical Advisory Service of the Integration and Inclusion Office.