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ASSIGNMENTS

Important Tip! Writing drafts first, either offline or online, before submitting coursework, will help improve the quality of your work. On a sheet of paper, write your first draft responses for the following assignments. When finished, return to the online assignments page, enter your final coursework, and complete the course evaluation and certificate information.

See Appendix B for help in answering the extended response assignments.

Assignment 1: Discuss and give at least one example of the risk factors in the person, task, and environment that might increase the risk of injury.

Assignment 2: Both workers below work 8-hour shifts. Which job below presents greater task and environmental risk factors to the worker? Discuss at least three risk factors that justify your conclusion.

Scraping paint

Sewing garments

Hint. For this assignment, assume both worker bring the same personal risk factors. Focus on risk factors the job and environment present.

Assignment 3: Describe at least one engineering control and one management control that might be used to make your current or previous job more ergonomically correct for you.

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