2 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
Occupational safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work. Occupational ergonomics is a branch of science that focuses on optimizing the relationships between workers and their work environment. This course focuses on the principles and applications of safety and ergonomics as it applies to workers. The first part of the course will consist of lectures on the fundamentals of safety standards and liability and the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomic risk factors including work practices, tools and workstation design. The last part will consist of identification and use of safety and ergonomic controls to reduce and prevent work-related fatalities, injuries, and musculoskeletal disorders.
Learning Outcomes1Describe ergonomic risk factors in the workplace.
2Analyze work stations and identify ergonomic risk factors.
3Develop solutions to minimize identified ergonomic risk factors.
4Describe cumulative trauma disorders which may occur due to exposure to poor ergonomic conditions.
5Explain how people perceive & understand information, and use this knowledge to improve work flow.
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