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Setting Up a Healthy Work Environment
Checking Your Comfort:
How Do You Measure Up?
Use this checklist to see if you are setting up your work environ-
ment to fit your physical needs.
Checking Your Chair
• Do you sit in an upright position with the backrest support-
ing your lower back?
Checking Your Keyboard
• Is your keyboard angled so your wrists are straight when
you type?
• Is your keyboard directly in front of you?
• When sitting, are your feet flat on the floor?
• Do you periodically adjust your chair and your posture?
• Do you avoid resting your wrists on sharp edges?
• Do you press the keys gently and not bang on them?
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