Redistricting

Campaigns

Voting

Counting the vote

Election night--VNS

Impact of computers

•OSHA rules

•ABC's of

•Cornells' Ten points

•Odds and ends

•www.osha.gov

•draft of 10 October 00 and later

•"The rules are designed to combat injuries

caused by workers doing the same task repeatedly,

sometimes know as repetitive-stress disorders, and

require business owners to take specific steps

to help workers with such injuries and

to prevent additional injuries from occurring."

WSJ, 8 Nov 00, B2

•"Businesses with a worker who experiences

a single injury covered by the rule

would be required to set up a comprehensive program

to address the problem in that job."WSJ, 8 Nov 00, B2

•assign someone to oversee the program

•training workers and supervisors to recognize

and deal with ergonomics-related injuries

•figuring out how to eliminate or

sharply reduce hazards

•provide injured workers with medical care and

time off at reduced pay

"...using a computer keyboard and/or

a computer mouse "in a steady manner

for more than four hours total in a workday..."

Holmes, Steven A. Clinton seen issuing work rules

that stalled spending agreement, NY Times, 11 Nov 00, A1, A8

The ABC’s & DE’s of Computer Health and Safety

•Awareness

•Breaks

•Carriage/Posture

•(Deadly)Radiation

•Eyes

•Furniture

Awareness

•Computers can be dangerous to your health

Eyes, wrists, arms, back, neck

Why? What causes problems?

(Pascarelli & Quilter, RSI)

Repetition

Ignorance

Strained & Constrained Posture

Holding still

A deconditioned workforce

Forced speed

Incentive programs & overtime

Excessive monitoring

Not quite a complete list

•Most important thing to remember

Breaks

•Best protection against dangers

•Moderate activity--15 minutes/2 hours

•Intensive activity-- 15 minutes/1 hour

•Get up, Non-computer work, Relax

•Exercises

•Ergonomic software

Carriage/Posture

•Wrists--straight in both dimensions

•Wrist rests, braces

•Forearms--parallel to floor

•Thighs--parallel to floor

•Feet--flat on floor, footrest

•Back--straight

•Adjust furniture, Exercises

•CTD--cumulative trauma disorders

•RSI--repetitive stress injuries

•Computer athlete

Seven P's (Pascarelli & Quilter, RSI)

•Physician

•Pain Management

•Posture

•Preventive exercises

•Positioning

•Pacing

•Patience

(Deadly) Radiation

•Health effects of monitor radiation--debatable

•Probably not deadly, but some evidence of problems

•Monitor should meet MPRII guidelines

•2.5 feet from front of monitor

•4.0 feet from side and back of monitor

•Powerdown when not using monitor

•Pregnant women should take special precautions

Eyes

•Eye examination by an eye care professional

•Refocus for 5-10 seconds every 10 minutes

•Copy stand

•Glasses

•Lighting, Glare

•Visual Ergonomics--Ankrum

www.ur-net.com/office-ergo/setting.htm

Furniture

•Chair, adjustable

•Table, desk--height

•Foot rest

•Copy holder, copy stand

•Foot rest

•Wrist rest

1. How will computer be used?

one person, many people

few minutes a day, more than one hour/day

2. What kind of computer?

desktop or laptop

3. What furniture will you use?

4. What chair will be used?

5. What kind of work will the computer be used for?

6. What can you see?

7. Posture, posture, posture!

Keep it close!

A good workstation ergonomic arrangement

8. Where will computer be used?

Lighting, Ventilation Noise

9. Take a break

10. What about ergonomic gizmos?

Miscellaneous

•References

Pascarelli & Quilter--

Repetitive Strain Injuries:

A Computer Users Guide

Sellers--Zap!

Sellers--25 Hints

•UCI

Environmental Health & Safety

•Web pages

Page on ICS website:

Computer Health & Safety

pointer to exercises

Cornell site

Children and Computer Health and Safety

•Using adult furniture and equipment

•Who is watching out for them?

•Cornell web site

Legal situation

•Cases

v Compaq--

we didn't know

we'll put on warning labels

v Apple

gave up on legal error

Apple brochure

v IBM

convinced jury that keyboard

wasn't guilty

v DEC

award of $6 million

overturned on appeal

•Law

San Francisco effort killed

Cal OSHA

weak rules

Federal OSHA

Ergonomics Program;

Proposed rule

www.osha.gov

What about UCI?

Some concern for faculty and staff

Students? not big users

Furniture advice, presentations, literature

Look around

Not really concerned

UCSD

Money to help purchase ergonomically

correct furniture

Ergo council

UC experts

Nina Scolnik--UCI--piano

David Rempel--Richmond--

www.me.berkeley.edu/ergo

Sheedy--UCB, Dr Ergo

Gupta--UCIMC

Logistics

H&S tape to interactive learning center

Science Library