Computer use

Safeguarding Your Ital Health

Last week, an advertisement appeared in the region’s oldest newspaper, The Caribbean
Sentinel. The advertisement was placed by a new cooperation that is in the business of
selling, trading and servicing computer systems. They were offering a special that is expected
to last for approximately 1 year and is open to all Ak holders of the Caribbean Commercial
bank. So what is the special you might ask? Well, on Tuesday and Thursday of each week
during the month of May, August & December, they intend to offer free seminars on
computers use. Primarily health and Safety. The sessions will commence at 1:30 p.m. daily.
Because of my knowledge of Electronic Document Preparation Management CSEC, they
have asked me to prepare some notes and I will do so now.
Ergonomics and Safety
Ergonomics is defined as ‘The Study of Efficiency in Working Environments’. Many spend
over ten hours a day without thinking about the impact on their bodies. I recall from my
studies during EDPM that the 3 safety factors that computer users shoulder consider for the
setup of a safe working environment are:
1. Overloading electric sockets
2. Positions of workstations
3. Location of extension cords
I am certain that quite a few persons reading this are guilty of not adhering to (some of) these.
Monitor Position, your monitor should be slightly below eye level and straight ahead, not to
one side. It should be about arm’s length away from your face so you can easily read the
screen.
 Insert citation for this definition as a footnote using an acceptable format. Definition
taken from a book titled Computers, written by Dave and published by Becks in
1999.