The Importance Of Ergonomics

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(What is ergonomics?)
Ergonomics as a whole word means human factors. It is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the basic understanding of social interactions among the humans and the humans with the elements which are working in a system. It is the subject that uses theory, and its well-known methods and the principles to design a certain situation which is good for the human-beings working in an environment of the organization moreover it helps to optimize the overall performance of the organization.

The Ergonomists around the world have contributed in designing and evaluating tasks, products, jobs, and workplace environments that make the needs, limitations and the abilities of workers compatible. It is basically the science that designs a system in which the interaction of the workers at the organization with the equipment he/she is using is checked specially for the sake of the worker’s health & safety and it is also checked that whether the workplaces to fits the worker or not. Pakistan is a developing country and now a days the introduction of hazardous technologies in its various industrial sectors has resulted in high accident rates, unhealthy working environments, and many kinds of occupational diseases. For example, cancer is caused by the mining activities which are widely practiced in the Baluchistan region. The injuries and occupational health disorders have now become very common in Pakistan because a large number of workers in various kinds