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Each year, approximately 6,000 employees in this country die from workplace injuries while another 50,000 die from illnesses caused by exposure to work-place hazards. In addition,6 million workers suffer non-fatal workplace injuries at an annual cost to U.S. businesses of more than $125 billion.

Effective job safety and health add value to the workplace and help reduce worker injuries and illnesses.

What are your responsibilities as an employee?

To help prevent exposure to workplace safety and health hazards, you must comply with all OSHA requirements that apply to your actions and conduct.

See also OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.

Why should everyone be concerned about Job safety

and health?

Online resources:

www.osha.gov.

www.med.navy.mil

Job Safety & Health August 2013

Job safety 1

Job safety 2

Job safety 3

Heat/Sun Injury 4

Distracted Driving 5

Programs 7

Inside this issue:

Legs

In a seated position, with one foot flat on floor, extend other leg straight in front with toes pointed. Tense leg mus-cles and hold 10 seconds. Relax leg. Repeat with other leg.

Lower Back Move chair back from desk. Be sure chair is stable. With feet flat on floor, bend for-ward slowly as far as you can, reaching for feet. Hold up 10 seconds. Push your-self back up with leg mus-cles.

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Exercises To Do At Your Desk

Upper Back

Make sure your chair is stable. With feet flat on floor, clasp hands behind head and slowly arch back, bending head backward. Hold up to 5 seconds.

Neck

Turn your head slowly to the left and hold 5 seconds. Then repeat on right side. Drop chin, hold, then slowly tilt head back as far as possi-ble. Repeat se-quence 5 to 10 times.

Eyes

Palming: Cup your hands gently over your closed eyes. Hold for one minute.

Shoulders

Let your arms relax at your sides. Then raise your shoulders and rotate them up and back in a cir-cular motion. Repeat up to 5 times. Then change directions.

Wrists

With your hands held in front of you, gently rotate your wrists so that the fingertips, describe cir-cles in the air. Repeat 5 times in each direction.

Hands and Fingers

With hands held in front of you, first clench both fists and hold 5 seconds. Then spread fingers as far as you can and hold 5 sec-onds. Repeat 5 times.

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How Safe are You at Work?

Take the tim

e to plan

your actio

ns and

move cautiously and

carefully.

Avoid sudden,

jerky movem

ents.

Avoid twisting your to

rso.

Move your whole body

when you turn, with feet

and hips facing your desti-

nation.

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To pick up objects that have fallen

to the floor, slide to the edge of you

chair and place a hand on your

knee or your desk to support your

back. Keep one foot in front for ad-

ditional support.

Take a few m

inutes to

walk around th

e office

or do some gentle

stretc

hes to re

lieve

muscle tension.

Turn toward things you need instead of reaching off to the side or pulling things toward you.

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