Setting Up a Healthy Work Environment A-11
Checking Your Mouse
Is your mouse at the same height as the keyboard and next to the
keyboard?
Are your wrists straight and your touch light when moving the mouse?
Checking Your Monitor
Did you adjust your monitor so that the top of the screen is at or
slightly below eye level?
Do you periodically rest your eyes by blinking often or looking away
from the screen?
Is your monitor no closer than 12 inches and no farther away than 28
inches from your eyes?
Do you use a document holder placed close to the screen?
Checking You
Is your work area set up to promote a natural and relaxing working
position with frequently used work items within close reach?
Do you take frequent short breaks?
Do you stretch and walk during your breaks?
Do you vary your tasks during the day?
Do you have regular eye checkups?
Do you contact your doctor if you feel any sustained discomfort?
For more information on workstation setup, see the American National
Standard for Human Factors Engineering of Visual Display Terminal
Workstations. ANSI/HFS Standard No. 100-1988. The Human Factors
Society, Inc., P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, California 90406
This appendix was prepared in consultation with Dr. David Rempel of the
University of California/San Francisco Ergonomics Program and Mr.
M.F. Schneider of HUMANTECH, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.