| Did you know there were serious risks to
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| | to protect your safety whilst at work
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| your health when working with a computer
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| | using a computer. Your employer can be
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| at home or at work?
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| | prosecuted in a Civil & Criminal court of
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| The rise in general computer usage in
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| | law if the employer knew, or ought to
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| modern society using keyboards that
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| | have known, that the employee was exposed
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| permit high speed typing have resulted in
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| | to risk of injury from using a computer.
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| an epidemic of injuries of the hands,
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| | This is obvious as Health & Safety in
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| arms, and shoulders. Use of pointing
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| | computer usage has been well communicated
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| devices like mice and trackballs are as
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| | to all employers through the promotion of
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| much a cause, if not more so. The
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| | health and safety and common sense.
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| thousands of repeated keystrokes and long
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| | Also given that the foreseeable risk,
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| periods of clutching and dragging mice
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| | that the employer failed to take
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| slowly accumulates damage to the upper
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| | reasonable steps to prevent or reduce the
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| body limbs.
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| | risk of injury to the employee and that
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| The symptoms of RSI known as Repetitive
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| | the employees injury was caused, or
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| Strain Injuries include aches, pain,
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| | contributed to, by the work the employee
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| swelling, numbness, tingling, weakness
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| | was required to carry out and the
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| and cramps. RSI is caused by a
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| | employers breach of duty.
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| combination of overuse and repetition,
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| | So how can you and your employer protect
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| awkward or static posture and
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| | your safety whilst working with computers
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| insufficient recovery time. RSI is
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| | whilst at work? The most important tool
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| preventable and treatable. It is vital
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| | for anyone to use in this instance is to
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| not to ignore the early warning signs. If
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| | complete a Computer Usage Risk Assessment
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| you have any of the symptoms of RSI take
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| | otherwise known as a DSE assessment or
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| action now on prevention. If symptoms
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| | Workstation assessment.
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| persist seek treatment immediately.
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| | The areas risk assessed include how long
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| If you are encountering any of the
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| | you work on a computer, do you take
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| following ailments including Tingling,
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| | regular breaks,are all your computer
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| coldness, or numbness in the hands at
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| | equipment set up correctly to prevent
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| anytime even after a period of using your
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| | injury, is there glare on the monitor
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| keyboard,some loss of strength and
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| | screen, seat and posture ,space to move
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| coordination in the hands, Pain that
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| | legs, space in front of the keyboard to
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| wakes you up at night sometimes , Feeling
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| | rest your arms, noise distractions,can
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| the need to massage your hands after
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| | your feet touch the floor, can you place
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| keying in data, wrists, and arms and Pain
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| | all your equipment around you without
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| in the upper back, shoulders or neck,
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| | needing to stretch etc.
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| this will be most likely due to the
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| | If your employer does not know how to
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| repeated use of a computer.
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| | carry out a suitable and sufficient
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| If you are encountering any of the
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| | assessment of the risks to your health
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| ailments described above and you use a
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| | whilst at work, then recommend they do
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| computer for more than three hours a day
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| | so immediately to prevent further damage
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| whilst at work, then your employer is not
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| | to you and your colleagues health whilst
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| preventing your health problems,you can
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| | using computers.
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| actually win considerable damages in a
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| | Do not become one of the may thousands of
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| court of law for this breach in
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| | people suffering from the painful
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| regulations.
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| | condition of RSI and other computer usage
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| The Display Screen Equipment Regs 1992
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| | related health conditions in the world
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| sets out what an employer must do, by law
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| | today, act now before its too late!
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