The Ergonomics Puzzle
Employers face a myriad of challenges in managing occupational injuries and illnesses.
Compliance Issues – Employer response is affected by government compliance.
Fiscal Issues – Employers face significant direct and indirect costs.
Productivity – Absenteeism hurts the bottom line.
Companies absorb all of the indirect cost of a workplace injury, while the financial impact of the accident’s direct cost depends on a company’s specific workers’ compensation program.
Liberty Mutual 2002 Safety Index
Solutions
We provide professional custom solutions for the Employer:
- Ergonomic evaluation to identify and prioritize risks
- Root cause analysis
- Customized training to minimize specific injury/illness risks
- Individual case management to large-scale ergonomic intervention
- Process management & benchmarking
- Value – based recommendations on furniture, tools & equipment
The Department of Labor states emphatically that "good ergonomics is often good economics."
U.S. Department of Labor (2001)
Benefits
Our clients enjoy savings and a healthy workforce:
- Assists with compliance - OSHA, SB198, Title 8 of the California Labor Code, Work Comp
- Decreases direct & indirect costs of musculoskeletal injuries & illnesses
- Reduces absenteeism
- Improves morale, performance & retention
- Prevents human suffering
Here’s an example of the published results of one of ErgoDoctor’s large-scale ergonomic interventions.
ErgoDoctor customizes and prioritizes services to provide client employee populations with optimal ergonomic health using a cost-effective approach.