Five Steps to Implement Effective Ergonomics Program At Your Workplace
A successful Ergonomics Program involves every commitment from members of an organization which include employers, managements & workers to succeed in making a safer workplace environment.
Tasks such as lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, prolonged sitting and standing, repetitive motion, static loading, and static postures can strain our bodies which impacts to our muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, blood vessels and joints that can create Musculoskeletal System Disorders (MSDs). Neck, shoulders, lower back, elbow, wrist, knees, legs, ankles are body parts that frequently have MSD issues. Increasing numbers of SOCSO cases in Malaysia has brought up attention to Department of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH).
A systematic implement of ergonomics program gives you a clear view to manage work related MSD injuries effectively.
Following are five steps to conduct an effective ergonomics program at your workplace
STEP 1 : Develop Ergonomics Awareness to Workers
To build awareness on ergonomics which later will minimize workplace related injuries and to deliberate on lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling right techniques. When awareness increased among workers the injuries can be prevented.
STEP 2 : Initiate Your Internal Core Team Structure under Initial ERA Program
Develop the internal ergonomics network team in order to provide first level support to injured personnel within the organization by providing the practical solution after conducting the Ergonomics Risk Assessment.
STEP 3 : Conduct a Data Gathering
Managing Ergonomics Risk Hazard Identification in Medium to Large scale of organization quite challenging and required full data gathering prior to case management on MSD issues. This can be done by engaging the expert or ergonomist to help expedite the resolution to a problem.
STEP 4 : Case Management
Injuries at workplace cannot be classified directly as Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WMSD). Thorough assessment and evaluation to mitigate risk factors and provide the solutions each cases will reduce the numbers of the MSD statistic in organization. An expert such as ergonomist or Ergonomics Trained Person (ETP) is required to perform this exercise to provide a better solution.
STEP 5 : Control Measure and Documentation
By providing the People, Administrative & Engineering Controls to the Ergonomics issues in organization, this will give a better result of the Effective Ergonomics Program to an organization.
CONCLUSION
Systematic workplace improvements that impact the key safety, productivity and quality metrics you track is the goal. Effective Ergonomics Management at the Workplace is structured for organisation to manage work related MSD injuries effectively.
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