{"id":134,"date":"2017-01-24T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdn.gillion.shufflehound.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2019-10-31T03:24:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T03:24:31","slug":"top-10-it-workspace-ergonomics-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/24\/top-10-it-workspace-ergonomics-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 IT Workspace Ergonomics Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The right workstation is critical\u00a0for creating a safe and healthy work\u00a0environment and can have a huge\u00a0impact on all employees, especially\u00a0those with a disability. The UK has\u00a0a long tradition of health and safety\u00a0legislation, but recent figures from\u00a0the Health and Safety Executive\u00a0(HSE) show that 28.2 million working\u00a0days are lost due to work-related\u00a0illness or workplace injury each year.\u00a0How we set up our workstations\u00a0might be partly to blame for this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2100\" src=\"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/01\/man-working-his-laptop_53876-88428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/01\/man-working-his-laptop_53876-88428.jpg 626w, https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/01\/man-working-his-laptop_53876-88428-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/01\/man-working-his-laptop_53876-88428-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Top ten tips for a comfortable workstation<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Move the chair close to the workstation.<\/li>\n<li>Sit upright, supported by the chair\u2019s back support.<\/li>\n<li>Incline the seat 5-10\u00b0 downwards.<\/li>\n<li>Sit with feet flat on the floor, or supported by a footstool.<\/li>\n<li>Sit directly in front of the computer screen and keyboard to avoid neck twisting.<\/li>\n<li>Position screens at eye level (laptops should\u00a0be raised and use a separate keyboard) and look\u00a0into the far distance every few minutes to vary\u00a0focal length and avoid eyestrain.<\/li>\n<li>Check the direction of the light source to\u00a0avoid glare or reflections on the screen. Place\u00a0the screen at right angles to the window\u00a0when possible.<\/li>\n<li>Relax shoulders, periodically check they do\u00a0not become tense, rise up or hunch.<\/li>\n<li>Let upper arms hang down naturally from\u00a0shoulders \u2013 there should be a right angle at your\u00a0elbow when typing.<\/li>\n<li>Never use keyboard or mouse wrist rests for\u00a0permanently resting your wrists on while you\u00a0are working.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 class=\"post-tile entry-title\">UK <a href=\"https:\/\/world-news-network.com\/2019\/10\/11\/uk-economy-on-track-to-dodge-pre-brexit-recession\/\">economy<\/a> on track to dodge pre-Brexit recession<\/h4>\n<div class=\"mom-post-meta single-post-meta\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The right workstation is critical\u00a0for creating a safe and healthy work\u00a0environment and can have a huge\u00a0impact on all employees, especially\u00a0those&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[81,85,133],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-legal","category-health-care","tag-guide","tag-how-to","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/01\/26_Full-min-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/2166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanesemap.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}