Ergonomics

“The science of work. Ergonomics removes barriers to quality, productivity, and safe human performance by fitting products, tasks, and environments to people”

Goals of Ergonomics:

• Occupational Injury and Illness Reduction
    
• Workers’ Compensation Cost Containment 
    
• Productivity Improvement
    
• Work Quality Improvement
    
• Absenteeism Reduction
    
• Government Regulation Compliance

Methods:

• Evaluation and control of work site risk factors
    
• Identification and Quantification of existing work site related factors
    
• Recommendation of engineering and administrative controls to reduce the identified risk conditions
    
• Education of management and workers to risk conditions 

Additional Resources:

• OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)
  Find all the latest news, facts, standards, and guidelines as presented by the U.S. Department of Labor!  

• Ergoweb – “The Trusted Source for Ergonomics” 
  Find information about risk factors, work station design and administrative controls from the experts! 

• The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 
  Find loss control techniques specific to your type of industry! From Clerical Operations to Construction!
  Technical Information Paper Series (TIPS)
  Customer Focus on Loss Control

Ergonomics removes barriers to quality, productivity, and safe human performance.

It's critical to foster the understanding that the employee is an asset to the company and not a liability.