WORKPLACE HEALTH: Are businesses doing enough to promote ergonomics in the workplace as a means of helping to improve employee health? What does yours do? A comprehensive handbook on Office Ergonomics that every employee & employer should have. WHAT IS ERGONOMICS? Ergonomics can be defined as fitting the job to the worker. Not all workers are the same size and everyone has limits. Ergonomics aims to design workstations, work processes, equipment, and tools to fit you. As a worker, it is important that you know how to adjust your office workstation to suit your needs. If a job does not fit a worker, the worker is more likely to be exposed to risk factors that may lead to musculoskeletal injury. The main ergonomic risk factors in the office include..... Read more ohcow.on.ca/uploads/Common/Office%20Ergonomics%20handbook%20April%202011.pdf [Downloaded from Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) ohcow.on.ca/] NOTE: If simply clicking the link above does not work, copy and paste it into your browser. ow.ly/d/1IlS ow.ly/i/3R0Pu
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