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Ergonomic Hazards:

Visit the OSHA website www.osha.gov. Find the proposed Ergonomic Standard and read it. Working through an ergonomic power point program: Write a couple of paragraphs on this program.

Go to www.odessa.edu/dept/occupational/courses/info/ and work through the materials handling program. Write at least one paragraph summary of the program. (You may want to bookmark this web address as this program contains many helpful programs for the Safety Professional.)

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The proposed ergonomics standard that is to be facilitated by OSHA, is a program that seeks to ascertain the risk for musculoskeletal disorders that are associated with different occupations that individuals engage in. In addition, this program seeks to develop key methodologies by which to accurately ascertain and measure the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders that are associated with different occupations, in a manner that is statistically ...

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