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Ergonomics@Work
What are my responsibilities for reducing ergonomic risk factors?
If you or others in your department experience ergonomic risk factors
on your job, it is your responsibility to learn more about ergonomics
and take action. The campus Ergonomics Program offers comprehensive
resources to help you carry out these responsibilities.
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Chairs and Managers |
- Learn about ergonomic risk factors and ways to prevent them.
- Provide ergonomic training for supervisors, faculty and staff.
- Designate a computer workstation evaluator for your department
and support his or her efforts.
- Motivate supervisors and staff to use campus resources to
make ergonomic improvements, including job, workstation, and
tool redesign.
- Provide resources to implement ergonomic solutions.
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| Supervisors |
- Learn about ergonomic risk factors and how to prevent them.
- Provide ergonomics training and encourage input in ergonomic
problem-solving.
- Support your department's computer workstation evaluator.
- Contact the campus Ergonomics Specialist for a worksite assessment
of non-computer jobs involving ergonomic risk factors.
- Provide ergonomic workstation furniture and tools.
- Promote frequent, short rest breaks and alternative work activities
for staff performing highly repetitive tasks.
- Encourage staff to report symptoms early.
- Send injured employees for medical treatment, report injuries
promptly, and implement work restrictions and workplace modifications.
- Seek assistance on ergonomic issues from campus resources
when necessary.
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| Faculty and Staff |
- Participate in ergonomics training and problem-solving.
- Implement ergonomic recommendations.
- Choose tools, furniture, and equipment that fit your job tasks
and your body.
- Listen to your body and adjust your workstation furniture
and accessories to support comfortable postures.
- Think before you lift, get help if necessary, and follow safe
lifting guidelines.
- Vary your job tasks throughout the day, take frequent short
stretch breaks when performing highly repetitive tasks, and
perform simple stretches.
- Exercise, including walking and climbing stairs, to build
stamina and muscle tone.
- Report work-related injuries to your supervisor promptly.
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Next:What
does UC Berkeley's Ergonomics Program provide?
Ergonomics
Training programs
Treatment for Repetitive Motion Injuries
Tracking
Repetitive Motion Injuries
Ergonomic
Worksite Evaluations
Making
Ergonomic Modifications
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