A fixed 30-inch assembly table causes lower back pain in short workers and shoulder pain in tall workers performing the same task. What Engineering control directly solves both problems simultaneously?

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Issuing step stools to short workers and instructing tall workers to lower their posture by bending their knees during the task.

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Recruiting only medium-height workers so the fixed table height fits the majority of the workforce assigned to this station.

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Rotating all workers through this station for a maximum of two hours per day to reduce cumulative postural exposure time.

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Installing a height-adjustable workbench that every worker raises or lowers to their own individual neutral elbow working height.

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