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5 Essential Elements of a Successful Ergonomics Process

5 Essential Elements of a Successful Ergonomics Process

This 14 page guide explains 5 essential elements successful ergonomics programs share, including ...
Guide to Successful Site Ergonomics

Guide to Successful Site Ergonomics

This 10 page guide is for individuals or teams responsible for establishing a systematic workplace ergonomics program and processes at a company site or facility.
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Site Ergonomics Planning Template

This Microsoft Excel spreadsheet contains 6 fillable template sheets you can complete to expedite planning and gain approvals for a site ergonomics process. The download also includes ...
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Guide to Picking the Best Ergo Analysis Tool for the Job

There are many ergonomics assessment methods, but which one is right for each specific type of task? This guide summarizes 23 evidence-based tools ...
Using Setting-Specific Ergonomic Checklists for Non-Cyclical Work

Using Setting-Specific Ergonomic Checklists for Non-Cyclical Work

This short guide explains a strategy using setting-specific checklists to assess and improve non-cyclical or unstructured work.
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Guide to Assessing Ergonomic Risk of Non-Cyclical Work

This companion guide delves deeper into assessing risk in in non-cyclical and unstructured work.

Open Access Articles

April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012

Questions and Answers: Improving Outcomes — Office Ergonomics Success Stories

On March 21, 2012, Ergoweb held a webinar titled "Improving Outcomes -- Office Ergonomics Success Stories." Attendees asked many questions -- far too many to answer during the webinar -- so we've compiled and answered the questions in this article, including laptops vs. desktops, how to convince management to invest in ergonomics, budgeting, liability, costs, ROI, sit-stand, chairs and more.
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March 20, 2012
March 20, 2012

More Evidence Supporting Ergonomics as a Business Improvement Strategy

A well formulated and executed ergonomics program is once again shown to be a significant contributor to the organizational bottom line. The latest evidence comes from research conducted by University of Wisconsin based researchers Garg and Kapellusch who tracked key business metrics at seven health care facilities with ergonomics programs that included patient handling equipment. While safe patient handling has become an important topic in many health care facilities, and regulators, the proven benefits of an ergonomics program are transferable to any workplace or industry.
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August 3, 2011
August 3, 2011

Cost Benefits and ROIs from Ergonomics

If ergonomics is seen as a cost, many will reject it. If it is seen as an improvement opportunity with measurable gains, many will embrace it. This article points to cost-benefit analysis tools that can help you prove the value of ergonomics to others.
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August 2, 2011
August 2, 2011

Evidence: Investing in Adjustable Workstations Produces Healthy ROI

This article, reprinted from The Ergonomics Report, summarizes an internal corporate study of 6200 financial services call center staff found that over a three-year period employees in non-adjustable workstations had 5-times more injuries and 20 times more Worker Compensation injury costs, as compared to employees in user-adjustable workstations. Furthermore, the non-adjustable workstations had higher costs associated with routine moves and making ergonomic adjustments.
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August 3, 2009
August 3, 2009

Stress Contributes to Poor Decision Making

Stressed rats in a new study were stuck in a rut and made poor decisions. The findings hold lessons for employers interested in reducing errors and creating more flexible production systems, and for those looking for more than negative health evidence to combat workplace stress.
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April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012

Questions and Answers: Improving Outcomes — Office Ergonomics Success Stories

On March 21, 2012, Ergoweb held a webinar titled "Improving Outcomes -- Office Ergonomics Success Stories." Attendees asked many questions -- far too many to answer during the webinar -- so we've compiled and answered the questions in this article, including laptops vs. desktops, how to convince management to invest in ergonomics, budgeting, liability, costs, ROI, sit-stand, chairs and more.
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March 20, 2012
March 20, 2012

More Evidence Supporting Ergonomics as a Business Improvement Strategy

A well formulated and executed ergonomics program is once again shown to be a significant contributor to the organizational bottom line. The latest evidence comes from research conducted by University of Wisconsin based researchers Garg and Kapellusch who tracked key business metrics at seven health care facilities with ergonomics programs that included patient handling equipment. While safe patient handling has become an important topic in many health care facilities, and regulators, the proven benefits of an ergonomics program are transferable to any workplace or industry.
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August 3, 2011
August 3, 2011

Cost Benefits and ROIs from Ergonomics

If ergonomics is seen as a cost, many will reject it. If it is seen as an improvement opportunity with measurable gains, many will embrace it. This article points to cost-benefit analysis tools that can help you prove the value of ergonomics to others.
Do you like it?
Read more
August 2, 2011
August 2, 2011

Evidence: Investing in Adjustable Workstations Produces Healthy ROI

This article, reprinted from The Ergonomics Report, summarizes an internal corporate study of 6200 financial services call center staff found that over a three-year period employees in non-adjustable workstations had 5-times more injuries and 20 times more Worker Compensation injury costs, as compared to employees in user-adjustable workstations. Furthermore, the non-adjustable workstations had higher costs associated with routine moves and making ergonomic adjustments.
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Read more
August 3, 2009
August 3, 2009

Stress Contributes to Poor Decision Making

Stressed rats in a new study were stuck in a rut and made poor decisions. The findings hold lessons for employers interested in reducing errors and creating more flexible production systems, and for those looking for more than negative health evidence to combat workplace stress.
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