Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 116 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 seventh of seven employees in department 17, group 14, job 26, shift 02, R/S POWER WIRE INSTALL who repeatedly performs tasks which require various ergonomic stresses such as, but not limited to, wrist flexion and extension, ulnar deviation, pinch grips, shoulder abduction, and pressing with thumbs which are likely to result in cumulative trauma disorders. On or about 2-13-90. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are: 1) Provide easier access to install locations such as larger opening to reach through into doors to improve postures. 2) Decrease amount of repetition.