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Title: Ergonomics


1
Ergonomics
  • Making the Environment Fit You

2
Ergonomics defined
  • A combination of two words from Classical Greek
  • Ergon, meaning work
  • Nomos, meaning natural laws

3
Two aims
  • To promote health / reduce injury
  • To increase productivity

4
Universal Design
  • Related concept
  • Developed in the 2nd half of the 20th Century
  • Evolved from the Barrier-Free design movement

5
Focus of Universal Design
  • Not just workers
  • Not just on the job

6
The Study of Ergonomics
  • Ergonomists have attempted to define postures
    which minimize unnecessary static work and reduce
    the forces acting on the body.
  • All of us could significantly reduce our risk of
    injury if we could adhere to the following
    ergonomic principles
  • All work activities should permit the worker to
    adopt several different, but equally healthy and
    safe postures.
  • Where muscular force has to be exerted it should
    be done by the largest appropriate muscle groups
    available.
  • Work activities should be performed with the
    joints at about mid-point of their range of
    movement. This applies particularly to the head,
    trunk, and upper limbs.
  • From http//ergonomics.org/

7
Ergonomics and the Geek
  • Sitting very still for long periods
  • Fixed focus
  • Repetitive motion

8
Vulnerable Body Parts
  • Spine
  • Neck
  • Shoulders
  • Arms
  • Elbows

9
More Places to Hurt Yourself
  • Wrists
  • Hands
  • Fingers
  • Eyes
  • Lungs
  • Voice/Throat

10
Prevention is Better than Pain
  • Equipment
  • Breaks
  • Motion

11
Spinal Curves
12
Hand and Fingers
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13
Ulnar Nerve
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14
Median Nerve
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15
Carpal Tunnel
16
Shopping Sites
  • www.goldviolin.com 
  • www.ncmedical.com
  • http//www.ssww.com/therapy-and-rehab/aids-to-livi
    ng/?brws_posTOP
  • www.pfot.com
  • http//www.workrave.org/download/
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