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JEFF:
Hello,
and
welcome
to
another
installment
of
Workplace
Safety
for
Office
Professionals,
our
safety
series
designed
to
make
sure
you
don’t
actually
work
yourself
to
death.
In
this
video
we’re
going
to
discuss
your
workstation,
which
could
be
anywhere
–
a
coffee
shop,
a
bench
in
a
park
surrounded
by
pigeons
and
rollerbladers
and
the
occasional
pickpocket,
or
a
little
tiny
cubicle
that
you’re
sometimes
so
eager
to
escape
that
you
invent
fake
trips
to
the
bathroom.
Wherever
you
work,
it’s
important
that
you
set
it
up
in
a
way
that
will
not
lead
to
long-‐term
health
problems.
It’s
already
annoying
enough
that
you
have
to
work
for
a
living
anyway,
no
need
to
make
it
worse
by
getting
hurt.
JEFF:
First
of
all,
it’s
important
to
know
where
any
physical
problems
are
likely
to
develop.
We’ve
already
devoted
an
entire
video
to
protecting
your
eyes,
but
the
other
common
areas
of
workplace
injury
related
to
your
workstation
involve
your
neck
(touch
neck)
ADAM: Ow.
ADAM: Ow.
ADAM: Ow.
ADAM: Ow.
JEFF:
If
you
notice
pain
in
any
of
these
areas,
there’s
a
very
good
chance
your
workstation
set-‐up
is
partially
to
blame.
Interestingly,
one
area
that
you
rarely
have
to
worry
about
is
your
belly
button.
(Touches
belly
button.)
See?
No
pain
there.
(Touches
it
again.)
JEFF: I can’t believe you let me do it twice before you said anything. Let’s move on.
JEFF
(V.O.):
In
general,
injuries
occur
as
the
result
of
unnatural
body
positions
being
maintained
over
a
long
period
of
time.
So
if
you
spend
a
lot
of
time
writing
reports
or
doing
data
entry
or
even
just
pretending
to
be
productive
by
banging
meaninglessly
on
a
bunch
of
letters
and
numbers,
consider
using
an
ergonomic
or
negative-‐tilt
keyboard
so
that
your
wrists
aren’t
being
placed
in
an
awkward
position
that
could
eventually
lead
to
carpal
tunnel.
Also,
your
workstation
should
be
neither
too
far
nor
too
close,
in
order
to
prevent
nerve
compression
in
your
elbows.
Your
elbows
should
be
bent
somewhere
close
to
90
degrees,
which
means
you
should
never
have
to
reach
too
far
to
get
to
what
you’re
working
on,
and
your
arms
should
be
relaxed
and
supported
at
all
times.
Also
also,
you
probably
shouldn’t
tie
people
together
like
this.
I’m
not
100%
certain,
but
I
think
it’s
illegal.
JEFF
(in
shot):
Your
monitor
should
be
positioned
directly
in
front
of
you,
not
to
the
right
or
left,
since
that
forces
you
to
twist
your
neck
which
can,
over
time,
lead
to
injury.
Your
monitor
should
also
be
positioned
so
that
you
don’t
have
to
look
too
far
up,
or
too
far
down,
which
can
cause
neck
problems
in
the
other
direction.
(To
ANN.)
Why
are
you
doing
that,
anyway?
JEFF:
Yeah,
it
is.
You
won’t
fall
asleep,
I
promise.
(To
ANN,
who
sets
the
monitor
down,
and
then
we
walk
off
screen.)
Come
on.
So
here’s
what
you
do.
Just
get
yourself
a
cattle
prod,
OK,
and…
JEFF
(V.O.):
If
you’re
working
with
multiple
materials
at
a
time
–
for
example,
referring
to
written
notes
or
blueprints
as
you
type
–
have
them
positioned
at
a
similar
height
and
angle,
so
that
you
don’t
have
to
look
in
a
bunch
of
different
directions
and
bob
your
head
like
a
woodpecker
all
the
time.
Not
only
is
this
bad
for
your
neck,
but
it
also
looks
ridiculous,
unless
of
course
you’re
dancing.
(Continue
scene
for
5-‐10
seconds
after
I
finish
talking.
SWITCH
MUSIC
to
some
kind
of
techno
dance
beat
–
continue
head-‐
bobbing
for
a
few
seconds.)
JEFF:
There
are
a
few
other
issues
to
consider,
too,
like
making
sure
you
work
in
a
well-‐ventilated
area
with
acceptable
light
and
noise
levels,
but
this
should
get
you
off
to
a
good
start.
Pay
attention
to
your
body,
and
avoid
anything
that
puts
any
of
your
pieces
in
an
uncomfortable
position
for
any
significant
length
of
time.
Thanks
for
watching,
stay
safe,
and
if
you’re
wondering
why
we
didn’t
talk
at
all
about
your
posture,
it’s
because
there
are
so
many
interesting
things
to
say
about
it
that
we’ve
made
an
entire
video
just
for
that.
Lot
of
stuff
about
chairs
in
there.
Spoiler
alert
–
these
aren’t
really
a
good
idea.
Although
they
are
a
lot
of
fun.
(Bounce
up
and
down
a
lot.)