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2250
Principles of Ergonomics Applied to Work-Related Musculoskeletal and Nerve
Disorders-Online
Available CEU Credit: 2.1
IH CM Points available
BCSP Points available
21 Contact Hours
Course
Content
This course covers the use of ergonomic principles to recognize, evaluate, and control work place conditions that cause or contribute to musculoskeletal and nerve disorders. Topics include work physiology, anthropometry, musculoskeletal disorders, use of video display terminals, and risk factors such as vibration, temperature, material handling, repetition, and lifting and transfers in health care. Course emphasis is on industrial case studies covering analysis and design of work stations and equipment, laboratory sessions in manual lifting, and coverage of current OSHA compliance policies. Minimum contact hours: 18.
You'll need a basic computer with a Netscape or Internet Explorer web browser and local Internet access.
Course
Objectives
After successfully completing this course, students will be
able to:
• Discuss the current medical characteristics
of cumulative trauma disorders associated with employee exposure, incidence
and symptoms
• Identify environmental, physiological, and work station characteristics
recognized to have the potential to contribute to acute injury or cumulative
trauma disorders
• Recommend improvements to work practice to reduce risk factors
• Recommend improvements to equipment (design) to reduce risk
factors
• Analyze manual lifting tasks and estimate reasonable lifting
limits
• Describe the advantages and limitations of personal protective
equipment for ergonomic risk factors
• Describe the essential elements of an effective ergonomic program,
if given management support
• Discuss current emphasis of OSHA with respect to
enforcement policy
• Resources
• Ergonomic health hazards
• Risk factors
• Materials handling
• Evaluation of tasks
• NIOSH findings
• Upper-limb disorders
• Evaluation of upper-limb tasks
• Office ergonomics
• Work/tools
• Risk-factor analysis
• Case study
• Ergonomic program
• Guidelines
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