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Ergonomics

The document discusses the importance of ergonomics in the workplace, emphasizing the need for proper adjustments to workspaces to prevent musculoskeletal diseases. It highlights the various components of ergonomics, including anthropometry, biomechanics, and the impact of physical and psychosocial factors on health. The conclusion stresses that all injuries can be prevented through personal ownership of health and safety.

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Ergonomics

The document discusses the importance of ergonomics in the workplace, emphasizing the need for proper adjustments to workspaces to prevent musculoskeletal diseases. It highlights the various components of ergonomics, including anthropometry, biomechanics, and the impact of physical and psychosocial factors on health. The conclusion stresses that all injuries can be prevented through personal ownership of health and safety.

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MAKING YOUR

WORK SPACE
WORK FOR YOU

BY Ronke Eso
COURSE AIMS
After the seminar participants should:

• Have knowledge of what ergonomics is not

• Be able to perform simple chair and work space


adjustments

• Take personal ownership of health and safety

• Understand office risk factors for Musculoskeletal diseases


(MSD)
ERGONOMICS IS NOT

• The shape of a chair or table

• About making things perfect

• A narrow set of rules to follow


OFFICE ERGONOMICS
Work + System

An exact science
,

The application of scientific information


concerning human beings to the design of
objects, systems, environments for human use,
ranging from screw drivers to computers
SIMPLE DEFINITION
• Fitting the job and the workstation to the
worker rather than the other way round

An effective match optimises:


• Health and safety
• Comfort and ease of use
• Working efficiency
• Productivity
COMPONENTS OF ERGONOMICS
Anthropometry
The study of body measurements
• We come in all sizes
• Standard practice to design
spaces for 5th percentile of the
user population
BIOMECHANICS
and Posture

• Looking at mechanism and forces when


people move or are static.

• Task analysis Risk assessment


• Workplace design Seating design
• Manual handling job
WORK ENVELOPES
PHYSIOLOGY/ PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

• The Impact on the body system of physical work


demands:
Psychology/Sociology

• Psychosocial stress will aggravate all of


the above because it increases muscle
tension and spasm
PROBLEM! WE ARE
GETTING INJURED

1. Neck & low back pain, Sciatica


2. Carpal tunnel syndrome
3. Trigger finger
4. De Quervain’s Disease
5. Tennis elbow (extensor/flexor
tenosynovitis)
WHY ?
• Longer working hours
• Microchip Technology…smaller and smaller
• Deadlines to meet
• Speed of work
• Multitasking
PHYSICAL RISK FACTORS
• Postures- Static postures

• Repetition and force

• Local stress- Physical contact

• Duration
EFFECTS OF PROLONGED SITTING

• Short term- discomfort, low back pain,


potential for DVT, diminished VC

• Long term- Degenerative changes in the


spine, muscle imbalance, tendency to
varicose veins\ haemorrhoids, risk to
cancer of large bowel, obesity
INTRA-DISCAL PRESSURE IN VARIOUS
POSTURES AND ACTIVITIES

• Lying supine 35
• Standing upright 100
• Office chair – resting on backrest 120
• Writing at a desk 145
• Standing - 20º trunk flexion 170
• Lifting: knees bent, back straight 265
• Knees straight, back bent 485
Office Ergonomics Check List

• Work –Tasks and work patterns


• Eye –Location/ visual demands of
targets
• Hands – Input devises, telephone,
paperwork, reference materials
• Body- Support for the upper /lower
extremities and the back
TAKE AWAY
All injuries can be prevented

Zero injury Take ownership


is possible of your health
Take ownership of your own safety
MICROPAUSE AND STRETCH
CONCLUSION
FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Thank you

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