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Ergonomics
Ergonomics is a safety topic that is imperative to all types of industries, such as;
Construction,
Customer Service,
Driving,
Food/Package Goods,
General Service,
Health Care,
Home Safety,
Hospitality,
Industrial /Manufacturing,
Municipalities,
Office Safety,
Pharmaceutical/Bio Science,
Retail,
School Bus,
Truck Driving,
Utilities and
Warehousing
Ergonomics is the practice of adapting the job to the worker to reduce muscular injuries and upgrade the workplace activities causing them. Many hazards pose injury risks to an employee’s musculoskeletal system. A good example is carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition affecting the hand and wrist. Repetitive movements, vibration, temperature extremes, and awkward postures originating from improper work methods or improperly designed workstations, tools, and equipment are major causes. This series of topics explores a wide assortment of muscular injuries then investigates methods to reduce or eliminate them by work teams, using their ingenuity, working closely with management. USE THEM. This could be your cheapest employee benefit expenditure!
Ergonomics is the practice of adapting the job to the worker to reduce muscular injuries and upgrade the workplace activities causing them. Many hazards pose injury risks to an employee’s musculoskeletal system. A good example is carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition affecting the hand and wrist. Repetitive movements, vibration, temperature extremes, and awkward postures originating from improper work methods or improperly designed workstations, tools, and equipment are major causes. This series of topics explores a wide assortment of muscular injuries then investigates methods to reduce or eliminate them by work teams, using their ingenuity, working closely with management. USE THEM. This could be your cheapest employee benefit expenditure!
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Thumbs up or thumbs down?
While your work place is not the Roman Coliseum the “thumbs-up” rule must always apply. Situations such as pain or body discomfort through consistent repetition of certain on-the-job body movements are always a “thumbs-down” situation. There are good and bad working ways and the bad ones must be eliminated. SafetyWorld Outlines show the “thumbs-up” way.
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Fit the job to the worker, not the worker to the job.
Knowledge of basic ergonomic principles is important for both workers and employers because both share responsibility for a safe work environment. Develop and use the many ergonomic illustrations in this Outline to promote the teamwork, necessary to correct unforeseen problems.- # 2003
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Avoiding repetitive motion injuries.
The focus here is not on the medical terms used, but on the vast number of repetitive motion injuries that occur each year. The material itemizes preventable muscular injuries and establishes the activities that caused them. It also lists simple actions to prevent them. 'Train, don’t strain' is the watchword. This discusses how!- # 230
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Find Ergonomic ways to perform every task safely.
Have you or any of your workers ever experienced body discomfort or pain through consistent repetition of certain on-the-job body movements? If so, adapting jobs to the people who perform the jobs could reduce this discomfort. Read here how some major corporations have solved this job hazard using many of the different methods included in the Outline.- # 177
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Rock around the clock!
Our poster graphics show 12 computer safety measures. If employees follow these measures like clockwork, computer caused MSDS’s should disappear. "Clockwork" means machinelike regularity and precision; perfectly. Unlike computer ergonomic routines not all safety improvements need 12 steps as the numerous examples offered here prove. Use them to help workers identify ergonomic procedures to reduce the risk of injuries.- # 167
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Ergonomics helps to adapt jobs to the people who have to perform them
Ergonomic solutions - a partnership between management and workers. This simple statement has immense advantages for all. Probably nowhere in any workplace can major benefits be acquired so cheaply. Employees really appreciate the comfort and safety ergonomics introduces. Keep this topic on the boil; a fit, happy, secure workforce does not just appear.- # 156
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Stretch to protect muscles and joints.
Professional athletes warm-up before a game; why shouldn’t ordinary employees? Discover, Why, Who, When and What to stretch. Then learn How, from simple graphics that demonstrate correct exercises needed to loosen muscles and joints in the hands and arms; the back; hamstrings and pelvis. What a fun way to start the day!- # 146
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Ergonomics helps you to work safely.
Let’s have some fun! What is wrong with this picture? But joking aside is there any such situations in your own workplace? Employees must always be encouraged as team members to suggest workplace adjustments to make work activities more comfortable, more convenient or safer. Use this material to have employees provide sometimes unspectacular, but sensible suggestions.- # 135
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No task should cause serious discomfort.
Discomfort should never be part of the job! While it is an employer’s responsibility to provide a safe working environment, it is an employee’s obligation to report MSD symptoms. This topic shows how ergonomics helps protect workers facing undue body strains and offers numerous examples of work place activity adjustments that really help.- # 122
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Keep joints in neutral positions when performing repetitive tasks.
Is using a computer keyboard the ONLY way to cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? There is no one cause of CTS and this material lists numerous work related activities that will make employees more aware of the dangers from repeated rapid movements to the hands and wrists. Many circumstances will even raise your eyebrows!- # 105
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Report strains; help find an ergonomic solution.
Reporting strains may not provide the same impact as fixing them yourself, but it’s the end result that counts. This topic emphasizes work activities that cause body stress and lists many instances of work area tasks that can really be helped through ergonomics. Educate employees to report problems. A WIN – WIN situation for all.- # 99
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If your work causes aches and pains...report it.
Let employees know there are good and bad ways of performing a job and the bad ways can cause repetitive strain injuries. How can RSI occur? This topic lists many examples including repeated vibrations through tools or constant motion repetitions using the same muscles. Donï¾’t let it happen ï¾– HAVE EMPLOYEES REPORT IT!
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