Ergonomics: Evaluating Your Computer Workstation

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Evaluating your
computer
workstation
How to make it work for you
Oregon OSHA

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About this document
“Evaluating your computer workstation”
is an Oregon OSHA Standards and
Technical Resources publication. Reprinting, excerpting, or plagiarizing any 
part of this publication is fine with us! Just give us credit as a courtesy.
Thanks to the 
Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia
for
permission to adapt illustrations from the excellent guide, “
How to make
your computer workstation fit you
,” for use in this guide.
Layout, design, and editing:
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Layout, design, and illustrations: 
Patricia Young, Oregon OSHA
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Illustrations:
Phillip Fehrenbacher, DCBS Communications
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Editing and proofing:
DCBS Communications
Questions or comments? 
We’d like to hear from you. Contact Ellis Brasch, Oregon OSHA
[phone]; e-mail: 
[e-mail]
.

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Evaluating your
computer
workstation
How to make it work for you

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Contents
Introduction
How is your computer workstation treating you? ..................................... 6
1
Evaluating your workstation
Chair .......................................................................................................... 10