The VDU: bad for your health?

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UK's Health and Safety Executive identifies eye strain, arm and neck ache and impairments caused by keyboard use and technique to be the most common industrial injuries. The use of the visual display unit (VDU), in particular, is accountable for many work-related ailments. These include eye strain and headaches caused by screen glare, dermatitis from static electricity and dry air, and a multitude of other health problems that may be brought on by low-frequency radiation. Back pain alone results in lost production for UK companies worth some 3.5 billion pounds sterling annually. VDU-related injuries may receive greater attention with the enforcement of the EC law 90/270/EEC, which addresses working conditions and practices. Compliance with such regulations is likely to increase if the courts would grant greater rewards in cases involving work-related injuries.

Health aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Video monitors

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Cummins aims for top gear

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Cummins Engine Company Inc has successfully adopted modern manufacturing techniques in several of its UK factories. The Darlington factory was redesigned in 1985 and has become one of the most advanced automated assembly plants in Europe. The Darlington factory features Cummin's assembly information management system (AIMS), which provides a link between the manufacturing technologies and communications protocols of six different suppliers. The AIMS system is run on an IBM 3081 mainframe computer and links communications and marketing services between Cummin's UK and European manufacturing and office centers. The Darlington facility also features custom-designed just-in-time inventory systems, kandan scheduling methods, and Cummin's total quality system.

Analysis, Cummins Engine Company Inc., Production control, Just in time inventory systems, Just in time systems

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Cloud nine is closer than you think

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Cloud Nine Photographic Services' founder Mike Carrie has developed an aerial photographic system that is less expensive than using a helicopter and can take pictures closer to the ground. The system consists of a remote control camera on the top of a 100-foot, portable pneumatic tower. The camera can be rotated 360 degrees, tilted 100 degrees and focused through a video camera attached to the view finder. Cloud Nine's services are especially popular with construction companies, who use the photographs in building progress reports.

Innovations, Photography, Aerial, Aerial photography, Carrie, Mike, Cloud Nine Photographic Services

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