Health and Safety - Creative iMedia

Taking regular breaks can prevent?

• Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

• Dehydration

• Eye Strain

• Tripping or falling

Trips and Falls can be prevented by?

• Having a tidy desk

• Using bright tape to mark steps in dark areas

• Not overloading sockets

• Using an adjustable chair

It is best to position your desk so that,

• A window is directly behind you to supply good light
• At a 90 degree angle to your screen
  
• It is directly under a light supplying lots of light to keyboard.
  

If the keyboard is too high, but not adjustable, what should you do to fix that?

• Move the keyboard to a higher location.
• Place pads underneath the wrists.
  
• Move the keyboard to a lower place.
• Do the best they can with it.

Your computer screen should never be above?

• your head
• eye level
• shoulder level

Which of the following reduces the eye strain problem?

• Taking 5 min break every hour

• Adjustable Chair

• Using footrest

What is a site/location recce?

• Where you visit the site and check/assess the location

• When you visit a recreation centre

• When you visit the site to give it a rating

• When you visit the tip

Which of the following is a possible hazard of working in a computer room?

• Getting attacked by a mouse
• Tripping over trailing cables
• Getting hacked
• Catching a virus

If you use a mouse and keyboard for extended periods of time it could lead to what type of injury?

• Earache
• Backache
• RSI
• Eyestrain

Poor posture at a computer can lead to what type of injury?

• Earache
• Eyestrain
• RSI
• Backache