Safety Talk

Tom didn't realize it, but he was a victim of contact stress. For the past year the electronics assembly worker developed painful symptoms merely by resting his forearms against the edge of his workbench. It was starting to take a nasty toll. Contact stress occurs when a hard surface, such as the edge of a desk, digs into the body and causes pressure on nerve endings. For example, when you repeatedly press hard on the handle of a screwdriver or power tool, pain can result. The long-term effect of contact stress is repetitive strain injury (RSI), a disorder that occurs over […]