Office Ergonomics Education
Employees learn to identify ergonomic risk factors and work practices that contribute to musculoskeletal disorders in the office environment.
- Information presented focuses on the body parts most at risk for injury in the office environment.
- Information presented applies to the current work environment, can be easily generalized to home environment and is in a format that is easy to understand.
- This training can be customized to include company-specific information related to standards for furniture and equipment purchases, early reporting of injuries/discomfort, and use of available resources for employee health and ergonomics.
Content Covered
- Physiology and biomechanics
- Seated, standing, and working postures
- Repetitive motion and static positioning
- Common musculoskeletal disorders
- Causative factors and mechanism of injury
- Identification and abatement of ergonomic risk factors
- Assessment of workstation layout
- Facilitating efficient work flow
- Reduction of static positioning and repetitive stress
- Analysis of options for input devices, furniture and ergonomic accessories
- Worker discomfort surveys can be included
- Modification of work practices
- Pacing work tasks and incorporating micro-breaks
- Muscle relaxation techniques
- Strategies to modify current work behaviors
- Reinforcement of pro-active work behaviors
- Stretching exercises that can easily be completed at the workstation
Injury Prevention Education/Presentation for Non-Office Environments
- Participants learn to prevent musculoskeletal injuries by identifying personal risk factors and modifying work tasks and manual material handling activities.
- Participants are educated on good working posture and stretches.
- Information is presented in a format that is easy to understand.
- Participants can use techniques in the current work environment, and information is easily generalized to home and future work environments.
- Training has an immediate impact on reducing risk.
- Training can be customized to target employees, supervisors, safety team managers, or management teams.
Content Covered
- Physiology and biomechanics
- Common musculoskeletal disorders
- Causative factors and mechanism of injury
- Benefits of stretching throughout the workday
- Ergonomic Risk Factors
- Identification of ergonomic risk factors
- Strategies to reduce static positioning, repetitive stress, awkward postures
- Neutral posture and positioning
- Safe Manual Material Handling
- Body mechanics and joint protection
- Facilitating safe and efficient work flow
- Real World lifting simulations
- Modification and reinforcement of pro-active work behaviors
- Importance of pacing work tasks and incorporating micro-breaks
- Utilizing down time and breaks in cycle time to change posture and complete stretches
- Guidelines for safe and effective stretching including precautions and adverse signs/symptoms
