![]() ![]() ![]() When seated, your knees should not be higher than your hips. If working on a laptop, try plugging in a wireless keyboard and mouse and prop the laptop up on some books to make the top of the screen level with your eyes. When setting up your computer screen, make sure the top of the monitor is at eye level. ![]() This will help to avoid back and neck pain. To keep yourself from slouching, pretend there is a string attached to the top of your head, pulling you upright. Your shoulders shouldn’t curve inward or forward, and your head shouldn’t bend so that your ears are at shoulder-level. Don’t sit or stand for extended periods of time. To reduce muscle soreness and pain, try to change your posture frequently. An ideal workspace should have adequate lighting to avoid eye strain an appropriate work surface, such as a desk or table and is set apart from busy areas in the home to allow for optimal focus during work hours. To avoid these common injuries while working remotely, provide your employees with the below checklist to mitigate risk and prevent potential long-term injuries.Įnsure your workplace follows these guidelines from the Mayo Clinic to prevent fatigue and body injury. Mental strain and the lack of social interaction, combined with extended working hours, can result in fatigue and a decline in productivity. Sometimes referred to as overuse injuries, these develop from repetitive trauma due to a lack of movement or proper workspace setup. Eyestrain and musculoskeletal injuries such as neck or back pain are common with remote workers. Working remotely can lead to bodily injuries with long-term effects. Therefore, the responsibility also falls on employees to make sure they are assessing their current workspaces and following proper safety procedures to reduce the risk of injury or illness while working remotely. However, identifying each remote work situation is not feasible. That includes ergonomic issues slips, trips and falls and work-related stress, including mental health. There is value in creating a safety plan focused on remote employees as many risk factors in an office space can carry over to an employee’s home space. Employers should provide their remote employees with a safety checklist to help them assess the workspace risks and implement the necessary safety measures to control and reduce injuries outside the office. Remote work has made it more difficult for employers to assess employee workstation needs to mitigate risk and injuries. For employers, though, it’s important to keep the challenge of reducing risk and providing a safe working environment top of mind, even when employees are not physically on-site. With a new or reinvigorated remote workforce comes specific challenges such as increasing collaboration, maintaining social interactions and managing distractions. Remote work, working from home or telecommuting has become one of the most widespread, immediate results of the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work, how businesses operate and our work-life balance-especially when working from home. ![]()
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