Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 023 Hazard: ERGONOMIC

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to an increased risk of developing CTD from tasks that they were performing and engineering and administrative controls were not implemented: The employee in department 11, group 13, job 09, shift 01, SW RKR PNL FLR PAN LT who repeatedly performs tasks which require various ergonomic stresses such as, but not limited to, wrist flexion, and radial and ulnar deviation; shoulder abduction and gripping with awkward postures and a great deal of repetition which are likely to result in cumulative trauma disorders. On or about 2-16-90. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are: 1) Break this task into two separate jobs to reduce the amount of repetition. 2) Provide a spot weld gun with multiple tips. 3) Automate the job.