Health and Safety
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- Created on: 01-05-13 10:03
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- Health and Safety
- Repetitive Strain Injury
- Caused by: Prolonged work on a computer
- Symptoms: Stiffness, pain and swelling around shoulders and fingers
- Caused: Carrying out reptitive tasks
- Caused: positioning of the keyboard in a awkward angle fo hands and arms
- Trade Union Congress report claims that young people are more at risk becasue of the causes!
- Caused: Squeezing the mouse too tightly
- Symptoms: Stiffness, pain and swelling around shoulders and fingers
- Caused: Carrying out reptitive tasks
- Caused: positioning of the keyboard in a awkward angle fo hands and arms
- Trade Union Congress report claims that young people are more at risk becasue of the causes!
- Caused: Squeezing the mouse too tightly
- Caused: Squeezing the mouse too tightly
- Symptoms: Stiffness, pain and swelling around shoulders and fingers
- Caused: Squeezing the mouse too tightly
- Symptoms: Stiffness, pain and swelling around shoulders and fingers
- Can be prevented or Reduced by: using a wrist rest while typing
- can be avoided by: taking regular breaks
- ensure that computer users vary their work, so they dont spend all day on the computer
- having sufficient desk space to allow users to rest theri wrists when not typing
- using specially designes 'ergonomic' keyboards
- ensuring that keyboards can be titlted and have well-sprung keys.
- Caused by: Prolonged work on a computer
- Repetitive Strain Injury
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