Description
In Units IV, VII, and VIII, you will be building a course project that will assess ergonomic risks and provide strategies to improve a workstation of your choice. Your final project will be a PowerPoint presentation due in Unit VIII. During Unit IV, you will focus on the ergonomics-related hazard assessment. Select a workstation that you are familiar with (preferably one that you work with regularly or have worked with previously).
Perform an ergonomics hazard assessment on that workstation. What are the potential stressors of that workstation? What are the potential ergonomic risks and hazards? What type of injury could they cause? Explain each hazard in detail.
Your ergonomics hazard assessment should be a minimum of two pages in length (APA). As part of your hazard assessment, you will include a minimum of two outside sources to support your findings.
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Explanation & Answer
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Running head: ERGONOMICS-RELATED HAZARD ASSESSMENT
Ergonomics-related hazard assessment.
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ERGONOMICS-RELATED HAZARD ASSESSMENT
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Ergonomics-Related Hazard Assessment.
The workstation, in this case, is a workshop that supports architecture and engineering
universities as well as city researchers in developing models for simulations and modeling. The
workstation, therefore, is comprised of machines for trimming and cutting word, filing metal
surfaces as well as hand tools for cutting and attaching small surfaces. The floor area for the
workshop is approximately 15 meters squared inclusive of the area occupied by machines and
material storage. Carrying out an ergonomic hazard assessment in any given workstation is
essential as it helps in ensuring that all the potential risks and hazards are eliminated. The risk
assessment is fundamental because it helps in ascertaining that all the musculoskeletal disorders
risk factors are removed or mitigated. On my workstation, conducting a systematic er...