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Ergonomic Assessments for Businesses
Ergonomic assessment can ensure that employee environments are safe and comfortable.Your company can benefit from an ergonomic assessment by reducing worker's compensation premiums, complying with present and future OSHA guidelines, and reducing lost work time due to a work injury. Other benefits can include improved employee morale and productivity.
What is Ergonomics?
The Ergonomics Society provides the following definition and comment:
"Ergonomics is the application of scientific information concerning humans to the design of objects, systems and environment for human use. Ergonomic design can be applied to products and environments to ensure that they are comfortable, safe and efficient for people to use."
Ergonomics is also commonly referred to as "Human Factors." Because we all have different physical attributes, your computer workstations should be adjusted to provide for comfortable, safe and efficient use.
Think of an automobile, with an adjustable driver's seat, steering wheel and mirrors. With the Ergonomic Workstation Checklist, we want to put you in the driver's seat!
Ergonomic Workstation Checklist
The Ergonomic Workstation Checklist, available from Johnson Insurance Services, provides a diagram and important considerations in properly adjusting your employees' computer workstations to fit their individual needs.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Web site provides additional information on computer workstation ergonomics.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
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