WHAT IS ERGONOMICS AND HOW IMPORTANT IS ERGONOMICS TOWARD OFFICE WORKERS

Abstract

Nowadays, people tend to spend more and more time working in the office. The office cannot be guaranteed to be the safer place for the workers. Both lack of ergonomics awareness and the combination of repetitive movement, poor posture and environment, and over use of computers can lead to excruciating pain and eventually the inability to work at the computer or perform simple tasks. The injury can be developed from mild to the extreme level and it may be like a life-changing injury. In this paper, I would like to identify the importance of ergonomics and to look into the associated causes of ergonomics issues toward office workers. Face to face interview with beverage function supervisor was one of the data collections in this paper. KEY WORDS: Ergonomics / Office Environmental / Workstations / Injury