ERGONOMICS

Matching the job, work tools, and workplace to

the worker.
Employee Concerns Employer Concerns
◦ Comfort ◦ Worker’s comp costs
◦ Fatigue ◦ Productivity
◦ Injuries ◦ Errors
◦ Job satisfaction ◦ Products
 Decreased boredom ◦ Profit
 Decreased stress
 Reasonable workloads
o Discomfort and fatigue
o Injuries and accidents
o Musculoskeletal
Disorders
o Decreased efficiency
o Decreased productivity
o Errors
o Absenteeism
o Job avoidance
 ↓ discomfort
 ↓ accidents and injuries
 ↑ accuracy
 ↑ efficiency
 ↑ satisfaction
 ↑ job retention
Identify problems
◦ Complaints of discomfort
◦ Symptom surveys
◦ Near misses
◦ Accidents
◦ Injuries
◦ Errors
◦ High turnover
 Anthropometry tables
 Body discomfort maps
 Hazard check lists
 NIOSH Lifting Equation
 Washington Ergonomics Lifting Calculator