Predisposing Factors Level 2 - The Workplace Environment

The primary issues of concern in terms of the influence of the irmnediate workplace environment on the potential for human error are  

As will be seen in the examples below, each of these three has an effect upon individuals work performance. In addition, where noise levels, thermal environment or lighting are less than adequate they can all ne tively impact upon an operator s subjective comfort and health (both long-term and short-term). 

At moderate intensities it is more likely to affect performance - often due to interference with hearing. 

At low levels noise can reduce comfort and increase armoyance (so, potentially, influencing work performance and well-being through, for example, lowering of an operators concentration). 

Likewise, symptoms of working in environments with poor/inappropriate lighting can include headaches, blurred/double vision, glare and lowering of visual performance as well as the direct effect of not being able to see clearly what 

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