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Office Ergonomics
 Our
campus, like any other large organization, requires an ergonomics
program. This program responds to requests for analysis and
evaluation of the workplace design, accident investigation,
preventive measures and training.
Ergonomics is the study of the design of requirements of work
in relation to the physical and psychological capabilities
and limitations of people: that is, ergonomics seeks to fit
the job to the person rather than the person to the job.
The aim of the discipline is to prevent the development of
occupational disorders and to reduce the potential for fatigue,
error, or unsafe acts through the evaluation and design of
facilities, environments, jobs, tasks, tools, equipment,
processes, and training methods to match the capabilities
of specific workers. It is also known as human factors engineering.
Although there is no current OSHA standard for ergonomics,
California has come out with their own ergonomics regulation
adopted November 14, 1996 by the California Occupational
Safety and Health Standards Board. Also the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) is working on a comprehensive
ergonomics standard which is due for review any day now.
With the number of work place
injuries rising with ergonomic related causes, increased
attention needs to be paid to developing methods to identify
causes, adapt the process to the person, and then monitor. For a more indepth view please click on this link to see a general discussion of ergonomics.
Some Ergonomics Web sites are:
For more information on the ergonomics program, please contact
EHS/OS at 410.706.3490. |
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