Case Study Accessible design for a sales manager

The employer operates a wholesale building services business.

The man has muscular dystrophy. He also has cardiovascular disease and back disease or disc damage. Due to his handicap, he has a low physical capacity and has problems with changing his posture (especially when standing up), climbing stairs and walking long distances.

The employee has completed vocational training in business and has been employed by the employer for many years.

As an office-based sales manager, the employee has a purely office-based job. At his workplace, he has access to an ergonomic office chair with a stand-up aid and a footrest. The special office chair enables the employee to stand up more easily, for example, which is absolutely necessary due to his disability.

The employee has problems reaching his workplace after his office was moved from the ground floor to the first floor in connection with an extension of the showrooms. Due to the existing disabilities, he is only able to climb the stairs to the upper floor to a very limited extent and with great difficulty. This process takes quite a long time and exhausts the employee to such an extent that he then has to take a longer rest break.

In order to enable the employee to reach the workplace without difficulty in the long term, a stair lift with a standing platform has been installed on a side staircase in the immediate vicinity of the employee's office. A car parking space was provided directly in front of the side entrance to this staircase and was designated or signposted so that the employee only had to walk a few steps to the stair lift. The lift with standing platform was used as the employee has significant difficulty sitting down and standing up.

Leg and foot rests
Stairlifts with platform
Work and office chairs (with stand-up aid)