To a great extent, ergonomics developed out of aviation and other military matters in World
War II. Critical tasks in flying an aircraft required effective presentation of information
and error-free operation of controls. Today, ergonomics has become a fairly common term
and its application continues to grow. Circa 1980, the application of ergonomics to the
office environment paralleled the growth of microcomputers, and circa 1985, ergonomics
started to gain more attention in occupational safety because claims for cumulative trauma
disorders grew rapidly.