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2. Ergonomic hazard - Wikipedia

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   Ergonomic hazards are physical conditions that may pose a risk of injury to the musculoskeletal system due to poor ergonomics. These hazards include awkward or static postures, high forces, repetitive motion , or insufficient rest breaks activities.

3. Ergonomics - Wikipedia

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   The term ergonomics (from the Greek ἔργον, meaning "work", and νόμος, meaning "natural law") first entered the modern lexicon when Polish scientist Wojciech Jastrzębowski used the word in his 1857 article Rys ergonomji czyli nauki o pracy, opartej na prawdach poczerpniętych z Nauki Przyrody (The Outline of Ergonomics; i.e. Science of Work, Based on the Truths Taken from the ...

4. Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Wikipedia

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   The Occupational Safety and Health Act grants OSHA the authority to issue workplace health and safety regulations. These regulations include limits on hazardous chemical exposure, employee access to hazard information, requirements for the use of personal protective equipment, and requirements to prevent falls and hazards from operating ...

5. Occupational safety and health - Wikipedia

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   Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work (i.e., while performing duties required by one's occupation).

6. Outline of ergonomics - Wikipedia

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   Ergonomics – study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, ... Safety – State of being secure from harm, injury, ...

7. OSHA reaches largest-of-its-kind settlement with Amazon over ...

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   The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Amazon over allegations of hazardous workplace conditions, ABC News first reported Thursday. The settlement ...

8. Engineering controls - Wikipedia

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   The OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 90 dBA as an 8 hr-TWA, using a 5 dBA exchange rate. [22] The exchange rate means that when the noise level is increased by either 3 dBA (according to the NIOSH REL) or 5 dBA (according to the OSHA PEL), the amount of time a person can be exposed to a certain noise level to receive the same dose is ...

9. Workplace safety standards - Wikipedia

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   Workplace safety standards are sets of standards developed with the goal of reducing risk from occupational ... ISO 7726 Ergonomics of the thermal environment ...