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
YE (+1)
Knees at 90° Too low- Knee Too High - No foot
to Cross Legs (+1)
NO NO 0
(1) Angle < 90° Knee Angle contact on S YES
(2) > 90° (2) ground (3) (0) (0)
(+ (+1)
Section A

Seat Pan Depth 1) Additional Considerations + Score A & B Score Duration Chair Score

Non- Adjustable (+1)

Approximately 3 inches of Too Long - Too Short - > YES 0

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

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

0
NOTES:
Back Support ) Additional Considerations + Score

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

Telephone Additional Considerations Score Duration Section C Score

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

YE
N
YES YES S 0
Mouse in line with Reaching To NO
Mouse/Keyboard on
NOGrip on Mouse (+1) O
Palmrest in Front of
Shoulder (1) Mouse (2) (+2)
Different Surfaces (+2) (+1)
Pinch (+
Mouse (+1)
(0) (0) (0
1)
)
Section D

Keyboard Additional Considerations Score Duration Section D Score

Wrists Straight, Wrists Extended/ YES

Deviation While YES
Keyboard Too High - YES
Reaching to Overhead Items PlatformN
YES Score = 1-5: Further assessment not immediately
Shoulders
Relaxed (1)
Keyboard on
Positive Angle (>15°
Typing (+1)
NO
(+1)
Shoulders Shrugged (+1)
NO
(+1) NO (+1)
(+1) O
Non-Adjustable (+1)
(+1)
0 Grand required.
Wrist Extension) (2)
Score Score > 5: The office workstation requires further
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(0) (0) (0) (0 assessment; changes should be considered

)
Reference: Sonne, Michael, Dino L. Villalta, and David M. Andrews. "Development and evaluation of an office ergonomic risk checklist: ROSA- Rapid office strain assessment." Applied Ergonomics. 43 (2012): 98-108. Print.
 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
Grand Score > 5: The office workstation requires further
Score assessment; changes should be considered
immediately.