Health & Safety Information

Repetitive motions may cause physical injury to nerves, muscles, and tendons. If you feel any pain, discomfort, numbness, tingling, aching, cramping, stiffness, weakness, or swelling in your fingers, hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, neck, or back, you should stop using your keyboard and seek the advice of a qualified health professional.

To lessen the chance of injury, you may want to try following these general guidelines for correct body position and proper set up of your work environment:

•Your keyboard should be directly in front of you.

•Your keyboard should be close enough to your body so that you do not have to stretch to reach it. Usually that means your elbows are at the side of your body when your fingers are on the middle row of the alphanumeric keys.

•Your chair height should be adjusted so that your keyboard is at a comfortable height in relation to your arms and hands. Usually that means the keyboard is at or below elbow height.

•Your arms, wrists, and shoulders should be relaxed.

•Maintain good posture and do not shrug your shoulders, hunch your back, or twist your body.

•Consider using a footrest.

•Take frequent breaks and vary your tasks.

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