working towards zero injury - donna defalco
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• What are your employees’ major complaints?
• What are your major ergonomic hurdles?
• Why are you making changes?
• How cohesive is your plan?
When will you educate / train / track / mitigate?
How do you plan to implement change?
Why are you looking to implement change?
Where are they doing their job?
What tasks does your employee demographic do all day?
What is your demographic?
$54 Billion per year
What are the obstacles?
• Identification
• Dynamic Work Environment
• Worker Demographic
• Senior Management Buy In
• Engagement & Employee Buy In
• Budget
• Cost to Claim
• Responsibility
• Accountability
The Calm Just Before The Storm
Healthy Working
E-Learning Platform
Begins the Road to Zero Injury
Road to Zero Injury:Building an Ergonomic AREA©
• What are your employees’ major complaints?
• What are your major ergonomic hurdles?
• Why are you making changes?
• How cohesive is your plan?
When will you educate / train / track / mitigate?
How do you plan to implement change?
Why are you looking to implement change?
Where are they doing their job?
What is your demographic?
What tasks does your employee demographic do all day?
• Is standing better than sitting?
• Is sitting worse than standing?
• Are Movement and standing interchangeable?
• How is the sit / stand trend similar to diet and exercise?
• Cognitive ergonomics and physical ergonomics: why do they work in concert with one another?
The Sit / Stand Conundrum
• Get input
• Be accountable
• Look at what is needed, not what is wanted / wished for
• Listen to each other
• Ongoing training / education / follow-up
• Knowledge = action
Action always reduces MSD cost and claims, putting you on the path to zero injury.
Minimizeawkward postures
Maximizeneutral postures
1. Ergonomics is a preventative, design based discipline
2. Ergonomic interventions can benefit the masses, not just those that
are injured
3. Product interventions alone are not enough – training and
engagement are integral parts of an ergonomic program’s success
4. See ergonomics as a benefit to an organization, not as a burden!
Four Key Pointsto remember about ergonomics
Q & A