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#1 Posted : 11 August 2005 14:30:00(UTC)
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Posted By Roger Uncles Fellow Safety Professionals. Our Company is holding an O.H. awareness day in Oct. This will be run by our OH nurses and we would like to focus one of the modules on DSE, bearing in mind we will have no media as we want it to be a hands on programme. We were thinking of setting up a model workstation but I would like somthing more interesting any thoughts please?
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#2 Posted : 11 August 2005 15:19:00(UTC)
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Posted By Kieran J Duignan Roger Suitability of training aids you choose depends on your training objectives. Presumably, a model workstation can be used to convey something about biomechanics Other audio-visual aids may be enlisted to convey more challenging messages, e.g. a. people with irreparable musculo-skeletal injuries caused by failure to control RSI risks b. people with experience as expert witnesses to relate their experiences of how employees whose claims they have investigated have fared in claims c. research reports on patterns of outcomes of claims for RSI to indicate how the courts in the UK respond to claims of negligence by employee and/or employer While the use of such aids may be more complex than a mute, immobile workstation, they may have impact. How much the impact aligns with what you wish to convey is related largely to the quality of your managment of risks and to the alertness of trainees.
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#3 Posted : 11 August 2005 17:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By Fred Pratley Have you considered putting the show on the road, so to speak? Could your OH go into the offices and pick on someone? Preferably the one with loads of stuff (including shopping bags) under the desk and badly adjusted chair. Found this to be a very effective way of getting a message over. Also, you could consider demonstrating how to put someone into the recovery posistion - NOT suggested for use at work, but might be useful to demonstrate what NOT to do with an unconscious person. And if you do this, get the nurse to pick on the nearest manager!
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