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Project WOODCHUCK.
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The Ergonomic Assessment of an Animal
Care Facility
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Changes in cleaning
equipment:
- Tools with handles.
Easier to grasp and use, especially if the handle is curved or otherwise
designed to prevent deviation of the wrist.
- Spring loaded pen doors.
Door would automatically close behind employee, reducing the chance
of escape of a woodchuck and eliminating the movement of closing the pen
door.
- Platform for woodchuck box.
Employee could slide the woodchuck box atop a platform at an equal
height to the cage or pen.
- Stable step-stools.
Ensures stability when cleaning
the top cages.
- Knee protection.
Employees have to either crouch
or kneel to clean the lower cages. Kneeling is the healthier position and
kneepads wouldaid in the comfort of this task.
- Shoes for
slippery floor.
- Lighting for
lower cage.
Click
here to see examples of how to make the following actions safe!
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by Akiko Iwata.
Send comments or questions to: ai13@cornell.edu
Last modified May 19, 1997