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Injuries are painful, injuries cost money and injuries can be prevented! Below is a list of guiding questions for students to use when analyzing a work site for appropriate ergonomic working conditions.

Questions to consider when analysing a worksite

1. What factors lead to injuries in an workstation?

2. How does poor posture orginate?

3. What factors define a good work station?

4. Do individual work habits affect health? Why?

5. What makes a modern office different from a traditional one?

Final Project

Students will go to an office work site in the school and analyze this worksite for ergonomic correctness. They will then perform the following tasks.

Tasks to be completed

1. Analysis the office worksite for conformity to good ergonomic theory.

2. Describe the health risks assocated with the nonconformity to ergonomic theory.

3. Provide solutions that would solve the problems.

Student Objective:

Use the below links and the above guiding questions in the development of your office analysis.

Office Ergonomic

Links dealing with correct and incorrect aspects of an office work station

Mouse: An everyday point and click tool used by millions of people	ergo.human.cornell.edu/cumousetips.html http://www.me.berkeley.edu/ergo/services/tips/pdtips.html
Keyboard: An everday typing input device	http://www.healthyideas.com/healing/living/980714.lvg.htm http://www.meadhatcher.com/avoid.php3l http://www.thedailyapple.com/target/cs/article/tda/100296.html
Monitor: An everday viewing device that displays computer information	http://www.ur-net.com/office-ergo/setting.htm http://www.ur-net.com/office-ergo/viewing.htm http://www.sfwa.org/ergonomics/eyestrain.htm http://www.office-ergo.com/setting.htm
Workstation: An everday setup of an individuals daily place of work	http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ergoguide.html http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/dea651/dea6512k/ergo12tips.html http://www.ctsplace.com/ http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/rsi.html

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