Posture, lighting, furniture, work organization, and other work conditions and habits may affect the way you feel and how well you work. By adjusting your work environment and personal practices, you may be able to minimize fatigue and discomfort, and reduce the risk of resulting strains that some scientists believe can lead to injury.
Important Choices
If you share a computer with others, readjust the work environment to your needs. Each time you sit down to work, adjust into your comfort zone.
Whenever you use a computer, you make choices that can affect your comfort and potentially your safety. This is true whether you use a
Take Action for Safety and Comfort
Many factors in our work environment determine whether we work efficiently and in a manner that promotes good health and safety.
By considering, acting on, and periodically reevaluating the recommendations in this Section, it is possible to create a safer, more comfortable, healthful, and efficient work environment.
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NOTE: Some scientists believe that working intensely, or for a long time in uncomfortable or unnatural positions, may pose risks, such as those mentioned in the warning. The information included in this Section is designed to help you work more safely by recommending ways to work more comfortably and effectively.