Safety around electronics in the library.

Keeping safe in the library is a team effort, here's a few ways both staff and patrons can keep safe and healthy in the library:

Safety around electronics:

• Should you spot a frayed wire or a damaged circuit, report it immediately, so we can eliminate risk of electrocution.
  
  
• Avoid cluttering desks, as objects falling on computers or keyboards is damaging to both them and possibly you, should your hands be in the way!
• Liquids should be kept away from any electric-powered item, ranging from cables to computers, this is a hazard should the liquid spill onto it.
  
• Don't plug in too many cables to a power board- keep it to one to two items per spot on the board.
  
  

Manual handling: 

• When lifting heavy things, always lift with your knees, don't bend your back!

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  .Use mechanical lifts/aids where possible!
  
  
• Don't try to carry too many books at once, heavy loads aren't good for you.
  

And finally, ergonomics (posture, desk organisation, ect):

• Don't stack up high piles of books and such on a desk
  , should you need to study or catalogue then a bigger desk area should be used, to spread things out in much lower stacks.
• Adjust your chair so that you are sitting upright, not slouching, to minimise back pains and bad posture.  
  
• Organise your space so that everything you need most often is within comfortable reach, to minimise stretching and straining. 

We hope this information can be helpful to all who use our library, staff and public alike! As always, feel free to contact us at Sunnysidelibrary@gmail.com.au or ask one of our staff if you need any help or have any queries about this information 😊