Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 207 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 25, group 01, job 50, shift 01, R/S FNDR SKIRT SECURE who repeatedly performs tasks which require various ergonomic stresses such as, but not limited to, ulnar deviation, and forearm rotation with force exertion which are likely to result in cumulative trauma disorders. On or about 2-15-90. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are: 1) Provide additional tool designed to reduce wrist deviation for those tasks which require this posture using a right angle optimal tool. 2) Turn cars on side to allow for optimal worker height adjustment.