Painkillers, sufferers can go on to develop constant pain and weakness Sooner in the working day and may persist at night.ģ) If these signs are also ignored or are masked by Pain, aching and tiredness in the hands, arms and upper body which occur Which need to be recognised and acted upon.Ģ) If these signs are ignored, the next stage is recurrent These usually go away after a night's sleep, but are warning signs In the arms, caused by early inflammation arising from intensive computer There are three broad stages:ġ) Aches and pains, tingling and a feeling of warmth RSI is a progressive, long-term condition, which becomes worse the longer Tendinitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and Peritendinitis. Of more general computer-based work, a keyboard. To the hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulders, neck and back, resultingįrom repetitive work - in this case from using a mouse and/or, in the case RSI is used as a general term for a wide range of injuries This may sound like a highly safe activity,īut in fact you are susceptible to injury, in particular RSI (Repetitive Process with your hand and arm by moving and clicking on a mouse aroundĪ small area of your desktop. While you are reading this, you can control the entire My workstation is safe? What else can I do to help myself? Should be set up? What does this mean in practice? Check List What else should I do to ensure The legislation How does the law say my workstation Protect me? Duties placed on employers by Why worry? RSI Monitor/screen dangers What legislation exists to How to avoid them, take time to read the following. Informed about the health risks posed by incorrect computer use and about Unless you are certain that you are already fully Sure that health and safety guidance is adhered to is usually negligibleĬompared to the costs of hardware and software, and many solutions simply Unsuitable equipment or working conditions. Properly, let alone immerse yourself in a virtual environment, when stressedĪnd/or hunched up and/or suffering eye strain and/or pain as a result of Equally, it is impossible to work or concentrate Is tempting to dismiss concerns about computer safety in the same way.īut whether reading, writing or otherwise working onscreen, the health Today, no-one would take these claims seriously and it Of reading" in Australian Journal of French Studies, 22, 1986, p5.) Melbourne, 1995, p8, from Darnton, Robert, "First Steps towards a history Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace, Spinifex Press, Migraines, epilepsy, hypochondria and melancholy" (Quoted in Spender, Dale, Pulmonary disease, indigestion, blocking of the bowels, nervous disorder, Of the eyes, heat rashes, gout, arthritis, hemorrhoids, asthma, apoplexy, In 1795, the health and safety risks of reading printedīooks were described as "susceptibility to colds, headaches, weakening Is safe? What else can I do to help myself? Why worry? RSI Monitor/screen dangers What legislation exists to protect me? Duties placed on employers by the legislation How does the law say my workstation shouldīe set up? What does this mean in practice? Check List What else should I do to ensure my workstation Without charge, so long as this is not for profit and Ju Gosling is credited This is literary freeware - it may be reproduced electronically Still relevant, though no longer complete. (Skillset is the freelance training body for the filmĪnd television industry, and the booklet was aimed at film, television and videoĮditors using non-linear systems such as AvidĪnd Lightworks.) It has not been updated since, but is Which was originally published as Health and Safety in the Non-Linear Environmentīy Skillset, London, 1995. In the Non-Linear Environment The information which follows is taken from research by Ju Gosling Health and Safety in the Non-Linear Environment Health & Safety
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