The Health and Safety Report from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, dated 4-30-12, has an article on “Job Design Tips for Ergonomic Hand Tool Use.”
The main points are:
- Change it up: rotate jobs or add more tasks and more variety to one job
- Pace, don’t race
- Break it up–work and rest breaks
- Take time to adjust–acclimate to a new job or returning to work after an absence, such as vacation
- Train–train workers on safe tool use
The full article is here.