QUESTION 1

(a) What, according to you, are the ergonomic problems associated with the use of visual display units? Describe the measures which can be taken to eliminate these problems.

(b) What do you understand by the term "anthropometry"? In what ways can anthropometric data be used at the workplace?

(c) What are the health and safety effects of shift work? How would you reduce the risk to the health of workers who are exposed to shift work?

QUESTION 2

Heat and lighting are important factors for productive work inside the work premises. Describe, in details, how you would control these factors at the workplace to increase the workers' efficiency and productivity.

QUESTION 3

(a) What do you understand by "ILO Standards on Safety and Health"? Discuss the importance of these standards for the promotion of safety and health.

(b) Describe and discuss the main articles contained in ILO Convention C155 on Occupational Safety and Health (1981)?

QUESTION 4

Machines are essential to modern production. However, proper control of machine hazards has been traditionally seen as costly and a constraint on productivity. Describe, in details, the practical measures that can be taken to ensure that machines are made safer and more productive at a place of work.

QUESTION 5

What is a workstation? How would you improve the design of a workstation by the application of sound ergonomic principles?