Ergonimics

Repetitive motion injuries are caused by ___________ exposure to a combination of factors.

• Short term

• Intermittent

• Prolonged

• Immediate

Ergonomics is the science of safely fitting the worker to the work.

• True

• False

Stressing your wrist can occur with gripping, grasping, or lifting with just the thumb and forefinger.

• True

• False

What is the primary focus of physical ergonomics?

• Study of workplace aesthetics

• Optimizing organizational systems

• Mental processes involved in tasks

• Interactions between people and their work environment

What does maintaining good body posture help with?

• Preventing ergonomic injuries

• Reducing employee engagement

• Decreasing productivity

• Increasing the need for medical intervention

Good ..................... usually leads to an improvement in employee morale.

• lighting

• ergonomics

• vibration

Workplace temperature is an

• environmental

• physical

• biological

• experimental

Physical factors include sitting, bending, lifting, and using certain tools.

• True

• False

The workers were unable to see well because of .................

• the opening in the fence.

• the poor lighting.
  

• the broken camera.
  

What does posture mean?

• the way you sit or stand

• the way your computer sits

• the technology created for this class

• the way you log on to the computer and submit information