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Office Ergonomics-Contact Stress: This Is What Professionals Do

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  Contact Stress- Contact stress results from occasional repeated or continuous contact between sensitive body tissue and a hard or sharp object contact stress commonly affects the soft tissue on the fingers, palms, forearms, thighs, calves and feet. Prolonged contact stress can inhibit blood flow, tendon and muscle movement and nerve function. One common example is resting wrists or elbows on the sharp edge of a desk or workstation, while performing tasks this can take place, while typing with the keyboard either too close or too far away using the mouse for a prolonged period of time can also lead to contact stress. The stress can be prevented by repositioning commonly used workstation items floating hands above the keyboard and reducing tension in the shoulders eliminates potential contact stress using a keyboard tray eliminates contact with a work surface edge and keeps your arms in a neutral position. Optimal neutral arm position has the arms relaxed at the side of the body wi...
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Understanding the Workplace Fire and Types of Fire Extinguishers | Health and Safety

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The very first step in selecting a proper fire extinguishers for your home, car or workplace, here we will discuss some common fire extinguishers, types and what kind of fires they're best suited for. Before we talk about the types of fire and fire extinguishers though it's important that you understand how fire actually works. Essentially there are three main elements that must be present for a fire to come in existence, and these elements include oxygen to sustain combustion, heat to raise the material to its ignition temperature, and fuel to support the combustion. When these elements combine, it creates a chemical reaction which can cause fire, in order to extinguish any fire, you must remove at least one of these four elements as we go over the different types of fire extinguishers you will see and how they each work differently based on the type of fire you're fighting. Types of Fire Extinguisher and their uses- Water-Fire Extinguisher  and Water with additi...
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Environmental Pollution and it's types | Health and Safety

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Have a glance at the spritzer nature at its excited best turquoise blue sky, an eyeful of green sparkling waters barraging wilderness and what about the land of vanishing beauty shrinking open space of gray concrete sooty air, drying land, dirty waters, and endangered wilderness. This change, which is named environmental degradation has become a serious issue before the planet. Let’s then begin with water pollution. Pollution is an undesirable change in the physicochemical or biological characteristics of air, water, and soil. Due to the addition of materials or energy in quantity, and quality which is harmful to living beings including man, thus substances that contaminate air, water, and soil are called pollutants. Pollutants may be gases like carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, and nitric oxides. Metals like lead, zinc, and Mercury. Chemicals like aldehydes, detergents, pesticides, herbicides, and CFCs sewage radioactive wastes, and soon types of pollution are air, water, land...
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Heat Stress | Health and Safety

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Exposure to high/extreme temperatures or heat/hot environment can cause serious ill-health and/or even death. Ensuring that your body is regularly hydrated and protected from Sun during hot months. It is essential to maintain balance for performing well at work. Risk factors for heat illness include high temperature and humidity, direct sun exposure, no breeze or wind, low liquid intake, heavy physical labor, wearing non-breathable waterproof clothing, no controls are in place to reduce the impacts of equipment that radiates heat and the workers body not being acclimated to working in a hot environment. The risk level increases with the heat index as well, so caution must be taken anytime the heat index is above 91 ° F. following are the two most serious illnesses that may result from exposure to heat in the workplace. Heat Stress Signs and Symptoms:- 1. Heat stroke this is a medical emergency that may result in death. Signs of heat stroke include confusion, loss of cons...
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Occupational Health and Safety | Health and Safety

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Occupational Health and Safety Our discussion today we'll focus on the introduction to Occupation Health and Safety including important terminologies, the importance of Safety and Health, types of hazards in the workplace and cause of accidents and disease. At the end of this lesson, you should be able to achieve the following objectives. Recognize the type of Hazards and its examples. Identify the direct and indirect cost of neglecting safety, and Appreciate the importance of Health and Safety in daily life. Important Terminologies of Occupational Health and Safety- Safety is the protection from physical injury and mental the well-being of the individual. Health refers to the protection of the body and mind of people from illness, resulting from the materials, processes or procedures used in the workplace. Welfare is the provision of facilities to maintain the health and well-being of the individuals in the workplace. Hazard is the way...
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