Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA)

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Task Being Analyzed:

Chair Height Additional Considerations Score Section A Score

Insufficient Space
Under Desk - Ability Non-Adjustable

Knees at 90° Too low- Knee Too High - No foot

to Cross Legs (+1) (+1)
0
(1) Angle < 90°
(2)
Knee Angle
> 90° (2)
contact on
ground (3)
YES NO NO
YES
Section A

Seat Pan Depth (+1 (0)

Additional Considerations (+1) (0) + Score A & B Score Duration Chair Score
)
Non- Adjustable (+1)

Approximately 3 inches of Too Long -

space between knee and < 3" of space (2)
Too Short - >
3" of space
0
edge of seat. (1) (2)
YES
NO (0)
(+1) 0
Additional Considerations
Armrests Score Section B Score

YES YES
Elbows Supported in Too Low (Arms Too High N
Too Wide (+1)
Hard/Damaged 0
line with shoulders, Unsupported) (2) (Shoulders Non- Adjustable (+1)
NO YES
surface (+1)
NO
shoulders relaxed (1) Shrugged) (2)
O
(+1 (+1 (+1)
Section B

Back Support
)(0 )(0) Additional Considerations (0) + Score NOTES:
)

YES ROSA
Adequate Lumbar
Support- Chair No Lumbar Support OR
reclined between 95°Lumbar Support
Angled Too Far
Not in Small Back (Greater
Angled Too Far
Forward (Less
No Back Support (ie
Stool OR Worker
Work Surface Too High,
Shoulders Shrugged
Back Rest Non-
Adjustable (+1) 0 Grand Score
and 110 ° (1) of Back (2) than 110°) (2) than 95°) (2) Leaning Forward) (2) YES
(+1)
NO NO
(+1) (+1
Monitor Additional Considerations(0) )(0) Score Duration

Duration:
+1 if ≥ 1 hr/day consecutively or ≥ 4 hrs/day intermittently
0 if 30 min - 1 hr/day consecutively or 1-4 hrs/day intermittently
Arm's Length Distance Too Low (below Too High (3) Too Far (+1) Glare on
Screen (+1)
Neck Twist Greater Documents - No
Holder (+1)
0 -1 if < 30 min/day consecutively or < 1 hr/day intermittently
(40-75cm) / Screen at
Eye Level (1)
30°) (2)
YES
NO YES YES
than 30° (+1)
YES
NO
(+1) NO
(+1) NO
(+1) (+1)
Section C

(0) (0)
Telephone (0) Additional Considerations (0) Score Duration Section C Score

No Hands-Free Option
Headset / One Hand on Too Far of Reach Neck and Shoulder
(+1)
0
Phone & Neutral Neck
Posture (1)
(outside of 30 cm) (2)
YES
Hold (+2)
YES
NO
NO
(+2) (+1)
(0) Peripherals Score
Mouse Additional Considerations (0) Score Duration

Mouse in line with Reaching To

YES
Mouse/Keyboard on YES
Palmrest in Front of 0
Shoulder (1) Mouse (2) Different Surfaces (+2)
YES
Pinch Grip on Mouse (+1) N
Mouse (+1)
N
(+2 NO
(+1) O
(+1
O
(0) )(0
Section D

Keyboard
)(0) Additional Considerations
) Score Duration Section D Score

Score = 1-5: Further assessment not immediately

Wrists Straight,
Shoulders
Wrists Extended/
Keyboard on YES
Deviation While
Typing (+1) YES
Keyboard Too High -
Shoulders Shrugged (+1) YES
Reaching to Overhead Items
(+1)
PlatformYES
Non-Adjustable (+1) 0 Grand required.
Relaxed (1) Positive Angle (>15°
Wrist Extension) (2) N Score Score > 5: The office workstation requires further
N N N
(+1 (+1 (+1 (+1
O assessment; changes should be considered
O O O ●
) ) ) )(0
(0) (0) (0)
) Applied Ergonomics. 43 (2012): 98-108. Print.
Reference: Sonne, Michael, Dino L. Villalta, and David M. Andrews. "Development and evaluation of an office ergonomic risk checklist: ROSA- Rapid office strain assessment."
 Duration:
+1 if ≥ 1 hr/day consecutively or ≥ 4 hrs/day intermittently
ROSA REFERENCE SHEET 0 if 30 min - 1 hr/day consecutively or 1-4 hrs/day intermittently
-1 if < 30 min/day consecutively or < 1 hr/day intermittently

Data Table I: Section A & B Score Section A: Chair Height & Seat Pan Depth
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Arm Rest & Back

2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Section B:

Support

4 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8
5 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8
6 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9
7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9
8 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9

Data Table II: Section C Score Monitor + Duration

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Phone + Duration

0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6
2 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 7
3 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 8
4 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8
5 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 9
6 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9

Data Table III: Section D Score Keyboard + Duration

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mouse + Duration

0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 2 3 3 3 5 6 7 8
4 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 8
5 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9
6 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9
7 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9

Data Table IV: Peripherals Score Section D: Mouse and Keyboard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Section C: Monitor &

2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Telephone

4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9
5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Data Table V: GRAND SCORE Peripherals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Chair

5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 10
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Data Table VI
Score = 1-5: Further assessment not immediately
Grand required.
Score > 5: The office workstation requires further
Score assessment; changes should be considered
Grand
Score assessment; changes should be considered
immediately.