Come see and hear ErgExperts at the following events:

National Safety Council
September 22-24, 2008
Anaheim, CA
www.congress.nsc.org

National Ergo Expo
December 3-5, 2008
L as Vegas, NV
www.ergoexpo.com

>> Corporate Programs

  • Corporate Ergonomics Program Development
  • Corporate Ergonomic Program Audit
  • Pre-employment Screening
  • Customized Ergonomics Training Programs
  • Tool and Personal Protective Equipment - Testing & Selection


    Corporate Ergonomics Program Development

    ErgExperts personnel have extensive experience in the development, implementation, and cost justification of corporate ergonomics programs. Whether you wish to have a stand-alone ergonomics program or integrate one with your existing health, safety, and medical management programs, ErgExperts can help. Mr. Mitchell, President of ErgExperts, worked with OSHA and the DOL in deriving cost-benefit data for President Clinton's Ergonomic Program Rule. ErgExperts can help in setting up the process and determining which "Trigger Points" to use to run the process. In addition, ErgExperts can provide or recommend ergonomic risk-factor identification methods and explain the pros and cons of each method. ErgExperts has worked with many of the public domain and proprietary ergonomic risk-factor ID methods used in industry today.

    One of the key elements in setting up a program is ensuring that your medical healthcare providers and your ergonomics committee are utilizing the same definitions with respect to what constitutes "awkward posture," "back bending," and "heavy lifting" to give a few examples of definitions that may be interpreted differently from an "Ergo" committee versus "Medical" perspective. By carefully defining these types of terms and using them as part of the ergonomic risk-factor ID methods, employees who may have sustained an injury and are returning to work on "light duty" or "restricted" duty can easily be placed in jobs that contribute to the corporations bottom line.

    ErgExperts can provide complete ergonomics training program support for management, engineering, supervisory, and hourly personnel. In addition, ErgExperts can aid in the selection and training of your ergonomics committee.

    Ensuring the success of your ergonomics program means identifying the criteria you will use to monitor its progress, whether you choose to monitor lost work days, workers' compensation claims, turnover, absenteeism, productivity, quality, first-aid visits, incident rates, employee health, and well being. ErgExperts can aid in the selection process by reviewing your historical data and current data.


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    Corporate Ergonomic Program Audit

    The Corporate Ergonomic Program Audit reviews your existing program on-site by interviewing management, supervisors, medical, engineering, and hourly staff. The program is reviewed with respect to each of the major program components:

  • Program Management & Employee Involvement
  • Ergonomic Risk-Factor Identification Methods
  • Ergonomic Control Implementation
  • Medical Management
  • Training & Education

    As a result of the Corporate Ergonomics Audit, ErgExperts rates your program for each of the major components and provides recommendations to improve the program, including modifying the process, changing "Trigger Points," automating ergonomic risk-factor identification, as well as modifying other elements to improve efficiencies and decrease deficiencies.



    Pre-employment Screening

    It is beneficial for some industries to screen potential employees to determine their level of physiological work capacity and strength. ErgExperts has set up successful in-house pre-employment screening programs so your medical and human resource staff can conduct the test without the need to send job applicants to a separate facility. By performing detailed analysis of existing work methods, including the physiological workload and strength demands, a program can be customized to meet the specific needs of a facility or corporation.



    Customized Ergonomics Training Programs

    ErgExperts personnel have developed and delivered customized ergonomic training programs for small offices to corporations with facilities across multiple continents. Our team of graphic designers, technical writers, and ergonomists can customize a program for any size workforce that targets hourly, supervisory, point of sale, marketing, management, engineering, and executive personnel.

    ErgExperts will incorporate media from your facilities and customize the look of the supporting materials as well as the course syllabus to meet the specific needs of your corporation.



    Tool and Personal Protective Equipment - Testing & Selection

    ErgExperts can help a corporation or facility select or narrow down the office hardware (seating, alternative input devices, keyboards), industrial tooling (manufacturer and model specific), and personal protective equipment (manufacturer and model specific) choices for a corporation by conducting an ergonomic evaluation of the potential suppliers. This evaluation can range from a simple checklist of ergonomic characteristics through advanced ergonomic evaluation of your employee's response to each of the potential products. ErgExperts supplies the results in a report format that details the method of testing and explains the results.