| Back Pain and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are some | | | | where the pain comes as a result of job activities |
| of the most common work-related injuries costing | | | | and the requirements of the task is hard to catch |
| businesses money every year. These injuries are | | | | in time to fix easily. Poor body mechanics (such |
| often caused by ordinary tasks at work such as | | | | as slouching in an office chair), prolonged activity |
| sitting in an office chair, repetitive motion or | | | | without motion, repetitive motions for long periods |
| heavy lifting. When applying ergonomic office chair | | | | of time, and fatigue are major factors |
| principles in the workplace, these problems can be | | | | contributing to these injuries. These injuries may |
| prevented. | | | | occur from sitting in an office chair or using the |
| Ergonomics in the office, or as easily stated, the | | | | desk and computer keyboard at the wrong |
| study of the workplace as it relates to the | | | | heights allowing for improper blood flow. All these |
| worker can help provide a solution to these | | | | things could be avoided simply by positioning the |
| preventable injuries. Buying good office chairs and | | | | office chair and desk to the user and teaching |
| ergonomic furniture can help prevent Repetitive | | | | proper posture in the chair. |
| Stress Injuries as well as prevent back injury and | | | | Accidental injury usually results when an event |
| help maintain a healthy back while at the office. | | | | which a person did not expect triggers an injury |
| When starting a new ergonomic program in the | | | | from that unexpected event. This is not so with |
| office, the goal is to adapt the workplace to a | | | | most office and employee workers compensation |
| specific user and their specific tasks at hand. | | | | injuries anymore. A growing number of these |
| How to position each workstation is dependent on | | | | injuries being reported in the office do not involve |
| the job description, required tasks and physical | | | | an accident but rather the tolls that one takes on |
| make up of the person performing the job. | | | | the body when sitting at a desk for the long |
| Typically people begin having back pain or sustain | | | | hours required by most jobs these days. With |
| a back injury while on the job for quite some | | | | good ergonomics and a little practice, these |
| time and it normally takes quite some time for | | | | injuries can be avoided and productivity has been |
| that same employee to start to realize how bad | | | | known to increase with the employees being |
| the injury is becoming in time to properly fix it. | | | | more comfortable and in better overall body |
| An injury where no actual accident was involved, | | | | health to do the work at hand. |