1. ERGONOMICS & CYBER TERRORISM
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2. Ergonomics
Ergonomics, or "human factors", is the science of designing equipment, the workplace and even the job to fit the worker.
It covers a broad spectrum of factors that make up the fit between humans and work.
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3. The five main essentials of ergonomics
Safety
Comfort
Ease of use
Productivity and performance
Aesthetics
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4. Principles of Ergonomics
Organizational Ergonomics
Organizational Ergonomics is concerned with optimizing the workplace, everything from teamwork to assessing teleworking and quality management.
Cognitive Ergonomics
Cognitive Ergonomics relates to the way the mind processes information it is presented with and associated motor functions, memory usage, decision-making and other mental workloads.
Physical ergonomics
Physical ergonomics is concerned with the way the body interacts with the workers' tools and their effects on the body.
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5. How does ergonomics improve Health and Safety in the workplace?
Ergonomics in the workplace can reduce the potential for accidents, injury and ill health and improve productivity and performance. Accidents can be reduced by through better design of controls.
If, for example, a switch on a control board is switched on accidentally it may mean the switch should be moved to prevent accidental operation. This is ergonomics in action.
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7. Examples Risk reduction techniques Job rotation
Cross train workers so they can rotate jobs or within their own job
Job hazard analysis
• Determine the risk factors for each task.
Select appropriate tools
Participatory ergonomics & Ergonomics training
Educate staff on the risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders, and how ergonomics can make work easier, more efficient, and safer.
Identifying job tasks that may present a risk and determining better ways to complete those tasks.
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8. ADVANTAGES
More Effective •Sets Guidelines •Rational utilization •Favourable environment- Reduced Absenteeism •Safety system-Fewer Injuries •Human comfort- Lesser Complaints •Quality of work life -Reduced Levels of Sickness.
Total Quality Management- Greater Productivity.
The capacity of ergonomics to address vital human resource issues such as the rights of employees with disabilities
The avoids trauma disorders (repetitive Strain Injuries) which are prevented.
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9. APPLICATIONS
Human factors engineering continues to be successfully applied in
the fields of:
Aerospace-
2. health care
3.IT
4. product design-Assembly line Arrangements
5.Transportation
6.Training
7. Nuclear
8. Virtual environments
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10. CONCLUSION
Many workers suffer from injuries and diseases that result from manual work and the increased mechanization of work.
Ergonomics looks at ways to make the job fit the worker, instead of forcing the worker to fit the job.
Ergonomics can be used to improve poor working conditions. It can also be used to prevent bad design from being built into a job if applied when a job, tools or workstations are being set up.
Without the application of ergonomic principles, workers are often forced to adapt themselves to poor working conditions.
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