Computer equipment repair services are a major and highly competitive industry. An ergonomic evaluation of the activities, methods, facilities and tools used by individual field service representatives of a major computer manufacturer were studied. Results indicated that good ergonomic interventions could reduce employee injuries while increasing productivity and rate-of-return on operations.
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