The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals

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The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals There are some dangers that have arisen due to the use of computers and IT: Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) occurs when muscle groups are forced through repetitive actions often with high impact loads such as tennis or tens of thousands of repetitions under low impact loads such as working at computer keyboard for a long period of time.

The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals The most common kind of computer related RSI is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), its painful and harmful injury that affects the wrists and hands. Signs CTS include numbness, shooting pain, inability to grasp objects and tingling. There has been more that 2000 lawsuits against computer manufacturers & employers (Cone 1994).

The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals RSI is avoidable. Designing workstations for a neutral wrist position using a wrist rest to support the wrist, proper monitor stands and footrests all contribute to proper posture and reduced RSI. New , ergonomically correct keyboards are also an option. These measures should be backed by frequent rest breaks, rotations of employees to different jobs and moving toward voice or scanner data entry.

The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) refers to any eye strain condition related to computer display screen use. Its symptoms usually temporary include headaches, blurred vision and dry and irritated eyes.

The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals The newest computer related danger is technostress, which is stress induced by computer use. Its symptoms include aggravation, hostility toward humans, impatience and fatigue. The problem according to experts is that humans working continuously with computers come to expect other humans and human institutions to behave like computers providing instant response, attentiveness and with an absence of emotion.

The Impact of IT on Health and Safety of Individuals Technostress is thought to be related to high levels of job turnover in the computer industry, high levels of early retirement from computer intense occupations and elevated levels of drug and alcohol abuse. Radiation, Some studies show a possible link between VDU use and miscarriages.