Ergonomics Awareness

Overview/Description
 This one-hour course is designed to provide the basic information needed to recognize and report musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) signs, symptoms, and risk factors. It addresses the key components of an Ergonomics Program and provides information to assist both employees and employers in minimizing the risk of developing work-related MSDs. This course applies to both office and industrial settings. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.


Target Audience
 All persons who have work activities that involve physical efforts involving lifting and handling materials/objects or actions that involve repetitive motions or other procedures that may be related to MSDs, and employers who may be responsible for implementing an ergonomics program

Expected Duration
1.0

Lesson Objectives:

Ergonomics Awareness

  • define terms related to the study of ergonomics.
  • identify signs and symptoms associated with musculoskeletal disorders.
  • identify risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders.
  • identify practices that result in musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace.
  • identify engineering controls commonly used to reduce or eliminate musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace.
  • identify administrative controls commonly used to reduce or eliminate musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace.


    • Course Number: SAH0424