Document holders

An important component of the workstation that can help reduce musculoskeletal loading is a document holder. When properly designed and proportioned, document holders reduce awkward incli-... 

A simple way to carry out a workstation risk assessment is to use a checklist such as that shown later in this section. Users can work through the checklist themselves. They know what the problems at their workstation are and whether they are comfortable or not. A trainer/assessor should then check the completed checklist and resolve the problems which the user cannot solve. For example, users may not know how the adjustment mechanism actually operates on their chair - a shorter user may benefit from a footrest as shown in Fig. 8.2, or a document holder may be more convenient for word processing users as shown in Fig. 8.3. 

A document holder typically used by a word processing VDU operator,... 

Is the display monitor, keyboard, or document holder nonadjustable ... 

Document holder, if provided, is stable and large enough to hold documents that are used. 

The document holder shall be stable and adjustable and shall be positioned so as to minimize the need for uncomfortable head and eye movanents. 

Position document holder close to screen and at the same level and distance from the eye to avoid constant changes of focus. 

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