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    Ergonomics involves designing equipment and workstations to suit individuals in order to prevent injury. Poor ergonomic design or practices can cause musculoskeletal disorders affecting muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. When working at a computer, ergonomic risks include repetition, awkward postures held for long periods, and eyestrain. To reduce these risks, a computer monitor should be at eye level and one should sit upright with straight wrists, bent elbows, and relaxed shoulders.

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    Ergonomics involves designing equipment and workstations to suit individuals in order to prevent injury. Poor ergonomic design or practices can cause musculoskeletal disorders affecting muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. When working at a computer, ergonomic risks include repetition, awkward postures held for long periods, and eyestrain. To reduce these risks, a computer monitor should be at eye level and one should sit upright with straight wrists, bent elbows, and relaxed shoulders.

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    Ergonomics involves designing equipment and workstations to suit individuals in order to prevent injury. Poor ergonomic design or practices can cause musculoskeletal disorders affecting muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. When working at a computer, ergonomic risks include repetition, awkward postures held for long periods, and eyestrain. To reduce these risks, a computer monitor should be at eye level and one should sit upright with straight wrists, bent elbows, and relaxed shoulders.

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    Ergonomics involves designing equipment and workstations to suit individuals in order to prevent injury. Poor ergonomic design or practices can cause musculoskeletal disorders affecting muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. When working at a computer, ergonomic risks include repetition, awkward postures held for long periods, and eyestrain. To reduce these risks, a computer monitor should be at eye level and one should sit upright with straight wrists, bent elbows, and relaxed shoulders.

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    Ergonomics is designing or to design equipment, systems, tools,
    workstations, etc. that suit one person or one type of people. If the design of
    the equipment, system, tool, or workstation doesnt suit or fit you, it could
    result in minor or major injury.
    One of the injuries that could result in incorrect or poorly designed or
    practiced ergonomics is Musculoskeletal Disorder. It is a disorder related to
    muscles, joints, nerves, and tendons.
    At a computer workstation, there are ergonomic risks such as
    repetition, awkward postures, and maintaining a position for a long time, and
    eyestrain. Different people have different experiences, symptoms, and
    responses to ergonomic risk factors.
    The computer at ones workstation should have its monitor in a straight, eye
    level position. One should sit in a standard normal sitting position with their
    wrists in a naturally relaxed and straight manner; Their elbows should be
    bent at about a right angle and shoulders should be relaxed but not slouched
    or raised.

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