ErgoANSWERSTM INJURY REDUCTION
In a computer intensive environment, musculoskeletal injuries affect from between 50% to 80% of the employee population. If you are skeptical about your injury rate being this high, go ask your employees. For tips about how to talk to your employees about musculoskeletal injuries click here. The most obvious company impacts from these injuries are lower productivity, lower morale and lower accuracy. In this day and time what company can afford for their most important and costly asset to not be operating at peak efficiency?
ErgoANSWERSTM has the knowledge and experience necessary to help you turn this opportunity for improvement into a real company asset. By implementing a comprehensive continuous improvement ergonomics program you will see benefits in productivity, lost work days, accuracy and morale. You will also have a program that will improve employee relations and be a prize to show when applying for awards like the 100 Best Companies to Work For and for LEED certification.
The first step in the ergonomics program process is to make a full assessment of injuries that are being experienced by your employees utilizing the current furniture and computer equipment. This includes interviewing employees and reviewing any company reports concerning injuries. Then make adjustments and fixes to better fit the needs of the workers in regards to their jobs. Enable the workers to attain and maintain a neutral posture while reducing or eliminating reaches, twisting and awkward postures. ErgoANSWERSTM will also provide immediate access to web-based training to provide employees the knowledge they need to improve their situation.
Another more comprehensive method (which may be used after implementing the first method) is to determine what are the actual needs for both furniture and computer equipment based upon the documented needs of the job/tasks to be completed considering the anthropometric needs of the workers. ErgoANSWERSTM will then craft custom training that utilizes the actual tools, furniture and equipment used by you employees.