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ERGONOMICS & CYBER TERRORISM

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Ergonomics

2  Ergonomics, or "human factors", is the science of designing equipment, the workplace and even the job to fit the worker.  It covers a broad spectrum of factors that make up the fit between humans and work.

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The five main essentials of ergonomics

3  Safety  Comfort  Ease of use  Productivity and performance  Aesthetics MIS-PESIT 4/27/2020

Principles of Ergonomics

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Organizational Ergonomics

Organizational Ergonomics is concerned with optimizing the workplace, everything from teamwork to assessing teleworking and quality management.

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Cognitive Ergonomics

Cognitive Ergonomics relates to the way the mind processes information it is presented with and associated motor functions, memory usage, decision-making and other mental workloads .

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Physical ergonomics

Physical ergonomics is concerned with the way the body interacts with the workers' tools and their effects on the body.

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How does ergonomics improve Health and Safety in the workplace

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5  Ergonomics in the workplace can reduce the potential for accidents, injury and ill health and improve productivity and performance. Accidents can be reduced by through better design of controls.

 If, for example, a switch on a control board is switched on accidentally it may mean the switch should be moved to prevent accidental operation. This is ergonomics in action.

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Risk reduction techniques

Examples

7 Job rotation  Cross train workers so they can rotate jobs or within their own job Job hazard analysis • Determine the risk factors for each task.

 Select appropriate tools Participatory ergonomics & Ergonomics training  Educate staff on the risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders, and how ergonomics can make work easier, more efficient, and safer.

 Identifying job tasks that may present a risk and determining better ways to complete those tasks.

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ADVANTAGES

8 More Effective •Sets Guidelines •Rational utilization •Favourable environment- Reduced Absenteeism •Safety system-Fewer Injuries •Human comfort- Lesser Complaints •Quality of work life -Reduced Levels of Sickness.

Total Quality Management- Greater Productivity.

  The capacity of ergonomics to address vital human resource issues such as the rights of employees with disabilities The avoids trauma disorders (repetitive Strain Injuries) which are prevented.

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APPLICATIONS

9 Human factors engineering continues to be successfully applied in the fields of: 1.

Aerospace 2. health care 3.IT

4. product design-Assembly line Arrangements 5.Transportation

6.Training

7. Nuclear 8. Virtual environments MIS-PESIT 4/27/2020

CONCLUSION

10  Many workers suffer from injuries and diseases that result from manual work and the increased mechanization of work.

 Ergonomics looks at ways to make the job fit the worker, instead of forcing the worker to fit the job.

 Ergonomics can be used to improve poor working conditions. It can also be used to prevent bad design from being built into a job if applied when a job, tools or workstations are being set up.

 Without the application of ergonomic principles, workers are often forced to adapt themselves to poor working conditions.

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