Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness (RSI) Day

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Tomorrow February 28 is the Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day. So i'm sharing a video in this post from YouTube and i suggest you guys to watch the video and spread awareness about the Health and Safety Act. It's important for all the workers/employees to know everything about their work related health and safety. All the workers have some Rights and it's very important to know those Rights. Workers who don't know their rights can become a victim of discrimination at workplace. So i strongly recommend all the workers to go this website http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/  and find out about all the rules, rights and guidelines related to their work. All workers have the Right to return home each day safe and sound.  

How to protect System Programmers during work?

System Programmers are very highly skilled IT persons. Many companies need system programmers in today's technological world to do the programming as required by the companies. Their job involves sitting in front of their computers or laptops for a very long time. They didn't want anybody to disturb them because they love their work and they are too deeply involved into it. So the safety of their health becomes the responsibility of the company. The main thing that cause injuries to programmers is mainly their "POSTURE". When it comes to system programmers, it's all about the way, the pose in which they are sitting. Therefore, it becomes very important that they feel comfortable while sitting. There are very different methods which helps to protect system programmers from injuries like Upper back pain, Shoulder pain, Headaches, Dizziness etc. I will discuss few methods with you:

Providing them Ergonomic Chairs - These chairs are very effective and helps in good posture, provide support to the lower back and helps in reducing back pain.

Adjustable Monitors for Programmers - Due to long shifts of working it becomes really important for programmers to work with the monitors which can be adjusted according to the eye level or to the position they feel comfortable for doing work.

RSI Exercises - These exercises are basically involved with stretching of the Fingers, Wrists, Neck, Shoulders etc. RSI stands for Repetitive Strain Injury. The exercises helps in preventing yourself from RSI.                                                                                                                                                            

Importance of WHMIS Symbols

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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMIS) provides the all important information about the symbols and safety necessary for the jobs. It shows us what are the risks involved in the materials that workers deals with on their jobs on regular basis. It also explains what precautions are to be taken while handling hazardous material. For more information related to WHIMIS you can follow the link http://www.aboriginalconstructioncareers.ca/employment-and-labour-organizations/education-safety-association-ontario