The Home Office: Ergonomic Lessons From the “New Normal”

• Kermit G. Davis ^[1] ; Susan E. Kotowski ^[1] ; Denise Daniel ^[1] ; Thomas Gerding ^[1] ; Megan Syck ^[1] ; Jennifer Naylor ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Cincinnati

     University of Cincinnati

     City of Cincinnati, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Ergonomics in Design: The Quaterly of Human Factors Applications, ISSN 1064-8046, Vol. 28, Nº. 4, 2020, págs. 4-10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Millions of workers have been uprooted by COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) and been thrown into a “new normal” of working from home offices. To further complicate things, many individuals were provided with only a laptop and little, if any, education on setting up an ergonomically correct workstation. As a result, many home office–based workers potentially face suboptimal working conditions. Based on 41 home office ergonomic evaluations, most ergonomic concerns related to laptop usage, nonadjustable chairs without armrests, low monitor heights, and hard desk surfaces. If home-based office work continues, people need to understand the ramifications of poor workstation.