Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 231 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 25, job 01, shift 01, VALENCE SUB-ASSEMBLY who repeatedly performs tasks which require various ergonomic stresses such as, but not limited to, highly repetitive pinching, pressing and extension of fingers and thumbs which are likely to result in cumulative trauma disorder. On or about 2-16-90. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are: 1) Design tool to hold clips and press them in place which is large enough to enable worker to use power grip.