Amy In The Workplace

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Amy is a cashier and her work involves standing throughout, slightly bending, handling bulky items, and repetitive motions like swaying the arm back and forth to scan products. She was susceptible to the risk of pain and discomfort in the legs as well as back problems since working for long hours, standing throughout, and slightly bending exerts pressure on muscles and bones (Charlton, 2013). The workstation layout and design can be changed or adjusted according to Amy's height to fulfill the standard regulation for the workplace and avoid the continuous flexion of Amy (Bassi, Naddeo, Pulignano, Senatore, & Tarantito, 2016). A footboard can be used to increase Amy's height if the work-plane is to be reduced. Also, it is needed to decrease the

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