Potentially harmful situation that leads to
back injury include prolonged static posture (for example
a cataloguer keying in bibliographic details of library
collections into the computer on a daily basis), use of
chairs that are not ergonomically designed or sitting in an
awkward position for a long period of time (for example,
an acquisition librarian stooping over his table while
generating acquisition list or making selection for library
purchase), and library assistants that have to lift books
consulted by library users on a daily basis