April 1998
The Director - Features
Job Analysis and Ergonomic Recommendations for Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Ergonomics is an applied science concerned with designing and arranging thigs so that people interact with the things efficiently and safely. This means that the way you lift a heavy object, balance your weight and even sit can affect your physical well being.
Written by Cydney A. Griffith and Janet L. Rogers, Job Analysis and Ergonomic Recommendations for Fuenral Directors and Embalmers advises readers on how to prevent injury using smart ergonomics techniques. This highly-informative and useful article includes 17 ergonomic principles for funeral directors and embalmers to apply at the funeral home.
Griffith, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, is an assistant professor of mortuary science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, Rogers is an assistant professor also at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
