Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 170 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 17, group 28, job 48, shift 02, DOMELIGHT INSTALL who repeatedly performs tasks which require various ergonomic stresses such as, but not limited to, wrist extension, awkward neck postures, and overhead reaching which are likely to result in cumulative trauma disorders. On or about 2-14-90. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are: 1) Design hand tool used to secure dome light fram so it is activated by a lever or pneumatically powered. 2) Redesign frame to allow attachment to be made blindly to reduce neck and shoulder stresses.