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Make ergonomic improvements to your workplace
Lab Safety Advisor, April 8, 2008
Ergonomic improvements include changing work practices or the way work is organized. This could include:
- Providing a variety in the job through job rotation to include working postures, physical exertion, and visual and mental demands
- Adjusting work schedules and the pace (not always an option in laboratories)
- Encouraging exercise—employees who exercise regularly increase the range of motion of their joints
- Keeping the work area clean and in good repair—eliminating clutter can reduce reaching, bending, or twisting when handling specimens or working with instruments
- Breaking up work with frequent, short rest periods—even a few seconds periodically to recover can be helpful
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