The home office: ergonomic lessons from the "new normal".

Details

• Personal Author:
  Daniel D ; Davis, Kermit G. ; Gerding T ; Kotowski SE ; Naylor J ; Syck M
• Description:
  Millions of workers have been uprooted by COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) and been thrown into a "new normal" of working from home offices. To further complicate things, many individuals were provided with only a laptop and little, if any, education on setting up an ergonomically correct workstation. As a result, many home office-based workers potentially face suboptimal working conditions. Based on 41 home office ergonomic evaluations, most ergonomic concerns related to laptop usage, nonadjustable chairs without armrests, low monitor heights, and hard desk surfaces. If home-based office work continues, people need to understand the ramifications of poor workstation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Ergonomics
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Coronavirus; COVID-19; Work environment; Ergonomics; Office workers; Work areas; Worker health;
  • Author Keywords: telecommuting; ergonomic considerations; desk; computer workstation; monitor; standing workstation; stay at-home; COVID-19
• ISSN:
  1064-8046
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4-10
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064840
• Citation:
  Ergon Des 2020 Oct; 28(4):4-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249252/cdc_249252_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 590.93 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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