Our tailored services dramatically improve worker technique and reduce the risks of commonly seen injuries to the neck, back, hip, wrist, elbow and knee, along with repetition based musculoskeletal injuries and headaches. 

Employ Health physiotherapists are able to identify common mistakes and hazards that lead to the injuries they regularly treat. Performing a task specific ergonomic work assessment can help prevent these hazardous movements from harming your team at your workplace.

What Is An Ergonomic Assessment?

An ergonomic assessment assesses, identifies and helps to eliminate hazardous or high risk activities associated with a workers role.  

The assessment includes the workers posture ensuring the worker keeps within an optimal range of movement, the technique of the task, and the work area. The assessment identifies any adjustments that can be made to make the task safer.

Identify: The hazards and risks associated with the task. 

Eliminate: Implement controls to eliminate the risk to the worker and other workers.

Different Workplace Ergonomic Hazards

Ergonomic hazards are physical factors in the environment that may cause musculoskeletal injuries. 

Moving boxes of goods from floor to a pallet consecutively for 1-2 hours:
-Repetitive lifting from a low position has the potential to cause injury to the low back

Opening boxes for 1-2 hours at a time:
Repetitive handling and cutting of boxes has potential to cause wrist and elbow injuries. 

Task Specific Ergonomics Assessment & Training

Ergonomics For Office Workers

Employ Health physiotherapists are able to identify common postures that lead to the injuries they regularly treat. Performing an ergonomic workplace analysis can help prevent these hazardous movements from harming your team at your workplace.

Ergonomics For Manual Handling

Employ Health physiotherapists are able to identify poor manual handling strategies that lead to unnecessary excess load going through certain joints and muscles. By changing strategies we can reduce the risk and injury associated with manual handling.

Importance Of Ergonomics In The Workplace

By investing in your team you are showing them that you view them as an asset to your business. Team members will be grateful that their employer cares about their needs and wants them to be comfortable in their ergonomic workstation. An uncomfortable team member is less likely to be intrinsically motivated to succeed, focus and engage in their work. Therefore a fundamental part of achieving targets as a company is by investing in your team’s wellbeing and ensuring they are comfortable at their workplace. 

  • Increasing worker productivity and reducing their fatigue levels
  • Reduce pain and time away from work
  • Improved efficiency and effectiveness of your workforce
  • Reduced worker stress
  • Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism

Why Employ Health

Employ Health is one of Australia’s most innovative workplace health and risk management providers, with demonstrated experience in delivering onsite physiotherapy services to a range of industries.

At Employ Health we believe that ‘health trumps everything’. By investing in your team members to take the health and wellness journey with Employ Health you will see benefits in their morale and efficiency and effectiveness of their work.

 

Other Ergonomic Assessments

Workstation Ergonomic Assessments

A workstation ergonomic assessment ensures the workstation is set up at the correct height and layout to match the workers' size, body type and height to reduce the risk of injury.

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Vehicle Ergonomic Assessment

A vehicle ergonomic assessment ensures the worker is fitted correctly to their vehicle. Takes into account the workers body type and size, and the most efficient set up to reduce injury.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Ergonomics in the workplace is the study of the worker performing their work.

Employ Health physiotherapists utilise their training to provide solutions for current or past musculoskeletal complaints of your team members. By doing a short musculoskeletal screening and ergonomic workplace analysis the physiotherapist can recommend simple implementations and set up your team members to a comfortable position, preventing ergonomic hazards and minimising and eliminating the risk of injury

No, ergonomics can change depending on the workers, size, body type and height. The ergonomics can change depending on the task and workplace.

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