Health and Safety in ICT

When it comes to health and safety in ICT most people take it for granted not knowing the effects this will have on their health hence the reason you need to read this very article and be much aware of the danger your health is exposed to for not properly carrying out health and safety percussion in ICT. Though these effects are really not harmful to the body but it will slow down the rate of your working efficiency, this in turn reduces overall output at the end of the days job.

For employers who want optimal or high productive from its employees making use of ICT equipments here are some of the guidelines you must put in place in terms of health and safety and for maximum out put..

HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENT FOR WORKERS MAKING USE OF COMPUTERS
Tiletable screen and adjustable chairs should be provided for better posture and to avoid any form of eye problem as a result of the ray from the screen which is not too good to the human eyes.

The health of the computer operate is important without him such machine cannot work, most computer operator  have been found to suffer from back pain as a result of very bad sitting posture to solve this problem adjustable chair and foot rest should be provided .

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
This got to do with repetition of function or operation over and over again thus result to pain and strain on part of the body. For Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) this has to do with the hand wrist, finger and waist, for example, typing and been in one position for many hours thus causing strain and pain to this part s of the body. To overcome this problem hand rest should be provided and make sure you have a better sitting posture and always take a break every three hours of tying as the case may be.

Also you should not forget that most of the equipments used are all connected to electricity hence electrical safety should also be considered: there should be no naked wires around and all wires should be well insulated. Also food and fluids should not be placed near the computers as this can damage it when in contact with it. Another very important aspect you must know is that sockets or fuse must not be loaded, get extension wire for other connection to avoid over loading a socket.

There are other appliances you must take note of such as the printer, health experts has confirm that the rays emitting from the printer is very harmful to human health than any other ICT appliances, hence it should be placed in a considerable distance from the computer or from where you are working at least one meter from your working desk