Discussion Board-

Please share with your classmates an experience where you have worked with or know someone with a work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD). What were the effects of this injury, and what was done to help the individual? If you don't have any personal experience, then you may research a case study which dealt with an intervention to prevent a WMSD.

1) Compare and contrast design guidelines for a standing operator and those for a sitting operator; include types of work and working height. In addition, discuss the elements of an ergonomic chair.

2) Discuss the guidelines for developing an ergonomic program to reduce WMSDs in the former OSHA Ergonomics Legislation. Include management leadership, employee participation, hazard analysis, training, and program evaluation.

3) Identify work practice characteristics in your workplace or any another work environment. What types of engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (PPE) are used?

4) Compare and contrast the biomechanical, physiological, and psychophysical approaches. Which approach(es) could be used to assess workload associated with MMH in your workplace or another work environment? Explain how the approach(es) would be employed to evaluate the workload.