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Defective furniture or misuse of chairs or file cabinets by office workers
can lead to serious injuries. Listed here are controls related to chairs and cabinets:
- Chairs should be properly designed and regularly inspected for missing casters, shaky
legs, and loose parts
- Do not lean back in a chair with your feet on a desk
- Do not scoot across the floor while sitting on a chair
- Never stand on a chair to reach an overhead object
- Open only one file drawer at a time
- Do not locate file cabinets close to doorways or in aisles
- Use drawer handles to close file drawers.
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