Ⅲ.課文篇

Before Occupational Health and Safety laws, most companies paid little attention to the health and safety of their staff. The laws punish companies severely if an employee hurts themselves at work if the company did not do everything they could to make the workplace safe.

在沒有職業健康和安全法以前，很多公司對員工的健康和安全都不是很重視。如果公司沒有盡力保證工作場所的安全，員工因公受傷時，職業健康和安全法就會給公司嚴重的懲罰。

OH&S is a responsibility of the HR department. The HR department should have a written OH&S policy that all staff should be told about when they join the company.

職業健康和安全是人力資源部門的責任。人力資源部應該準備一份書面的職業健康和安全政策，所有職員在加入公司時都應該被告知。

If you work with computers, you should rest your eyes and hands for at least five minutes each hour. If you don't, you could damage your eyes and develop a problem called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in your wrists.

如果你工作時使用電腦，應該每小時讓眼睛和手休息至少五分鐘。不這樣的話你的眼睛就會受到損害，而且手腕可能患上腕關節綜合癥。

For people who have to lift heavy things, the company should show you how to lift properly so that you don't injure your back. Pay close attention to OH&S policies to protect yourself from serious injury at work.

對于那些必須抬重物的人，公司應該告訴他們抬重物的正確方法以防止損傷背部。密切關注職業健康和安全法以防自己在工作時受重傷。

OH&S also involves having a comfortable chair and proper desk to work at as well as having a good keyboard if you do a lot of typing.

職業健康和安全還涉及到工作時要有一把舒服的椅子和一張合適的桌子，如果打字很多的話還要有一個好的鍵盤。

Remember, work is important, but your health is even more important!

記住，工作固然重要，但是你的健康更重要！