This document provides safety tips and ergonomic guidelines for computer use. It discusses common symptoms caused by improper posture like eye strain, back pain, and wrist pain. It then explains causes such as incorrect monitor positioning and sitting posture. Finally, it recommends setting up the workstation correctly with adjustable equipment and taking breaks to do exercises to alleviate tension and stress.

1. SAFETY TIPS IN COMPUTER USE

4. Symptoms Eye Strain Pain or discomfort Low Back Pain Knee & Foot pain

5. Causes of Symptoms Neck twisted to look at monitor. Monitor not positioned head on. Keyboard at an angle increasing angle at wrist Back is not supported by the backrest. Cushion pressure under the thighs. Using mouse too far away causes strain on shoulders Feet not firmly on the floor. Cacti grows well in hot dry environment Incorrect positioning of Desk Lamp

12. Set up your seat height Use a footrest if you feel pressure at the front of the seat cushion Insure that you feel NO pressure at the back of the knees

14. Keyboard Elbows away from your body causes a static load in the shoulders and upper arms leading to aching in the upper back, shoulders, and neck. Hands are at angle causes nerves running through the wrist to rub.

18. Set up the seat height to relief pressure under the thigh. Use a foot rest.

24. IDEAL OFFICE Head is up Shoulders Relaxed Back erect and supported Eyes looking forward most of the times Hands in line with the forearms Reference material is easy to look at Feet firmly on a footrest Only moderate pressure at the front of the seat cushion Monitor is almost at the eye height and arms distance away.

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