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2250
- Principles of Ergonomics Applied to Work-Related Musculoskeletal and Nerve
Disorders
Cost: $700.00
General CEU's: 1.9
ABIH: 3.0 Industrail Hygiene CM Points (approval 05-3268)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to the applications of ergonomic principles
for the reduction of stress and strain to an employee’s body and the control
of workplace musculoskeletal and nerve disorders.
COURSE DATES
Location |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Orlando, FL |
December 17, 2007 |
December 20, 2007 |
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact of job and workplace design on employee safety and health
- Identify workplace characteristics that may contribute to cumulative trauma
disorders
- List improvements in job, workstation, and equipment design that can reduce
the potential for musculoskeletal injury
- Analyze manual lifting tasks and estimate reasonable lifting limits.
COURSE TOPICS
- Physiology
- Anthropometry
- Cumulative trauma disorders
- Manual lifting • Back injury control
- Job hazard analysis • Medical surveillance
- Administrative and engineering controls
- NIOSH work practices guide to manual lifting
- Heat stress
Special Course Benefits
1. Participants will conduct task analysis of actual videotaped jobs looking for
musculoskeletal disorder risk factors.
2. Working as a team, participants will then apply the concepts presented in the
class to develop effective control strategies for each job.
Note: Some math will be required; participants will need
calculators with basic functions.
Accommodations for Disabilities: Please notify the CPE Office, 12901 Bruce B.
Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-6695 a minimum
of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation for
a disability is needed. Events, activities and facilities of the University of
South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin,
disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance
with the University's respect for personal dignity.
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