DSE seating - specialist ergonomic assessments
Ergonomic seating assessment
We are instructed by consultants and occupational health phyicians to carry out specialist ergonomic seating and workplace assessments.
If you have a member of staff that requires a specialist ergonomic chair as requested by his or her medical advisor, our seating assessor (an ergonomist) will be able to advise you on what type of seat is suitable. Often there are many other aspects of the workplace and workstation that may need to be addressed our ergonomic assessment would consider these and advise in our report.
We are independent of any seating company and so our recommendations will be 100 per cent. unbiased. In many instances specialist seating is not required and others issues are the cause of the discomfort or pain.
Check out February 2011's Health and Safety at Work issue ' Sitting pretty' by Duncan Abbott http://www.healthandsafetyatwork.com/hsw/sitting-pretty
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| Ball chair (asked to evaluate) | Wave stool (asked to evaluate) |
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| Back and upper limb support | Neck and back pain |
| Reason for assessment |
The ergonomic specialist seating assessment is for a staff member that requires an ergonomic chair due to a special need, that he or she has, such as pain in the lower back, upper back or neck. The DSE user may have been recommended by a GP, Chiropractor, Osteopath, Occupation Health Advisor or Doctor, Physio etc to have a specialist ergonomic seating assessment |
| Duration | Up to 1 1/2 hours |
| Cost | Dependent on location and complexity |
| Location |
Private office and desk location |
| User report |
Our ergonomic assessment service is carried out in line with the Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations and the Display Screen Equipment Regulations, taking into consideration Regulation 3 'that for those DSE users with back pain or similar there will be a need to exceed the basic chair detailed in the DSE regulations'. |
The DSE assessment will consider the following:
- Medical history and any recommendations given by the medical adviser
- The job and task requirements and where the seating shortfall occurs
- How the DSE user's condition is affected when seating to determine what modifications are needed
- Body measurements to ensure the correct chair is sourced
- A report will be submitted details our findings and list one or more different seats with cost and model
We have carried out over 5,250 specialist seating assessments for workers with all types of seating requirements, and so are confident that we can offer you the very best service at a competitive price.
In the first instance please call us on 01747 871868 or emailinfo@enricosmog.com so that we discuss your requirements in more detail..
Articles written by ergonomist Duncan Abbott relating to Display Screen Equipment users have been published in Safety and Health Practitioner (IOSH official publication), Health and Safety at Work, The Ergonomist, RSIQ. Facilities Management, Arthritis Reasearch Campaign and Backcare
Articles on ergonomics published by the Safety and Health Practitioner
Articles on ergonomics published by The Ergonomist
Our assessment services covers most areas and includes: Aberdeen, Bath, Birmingham, Bouremouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Chester, Colchester, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gatwick, Glasgow, Guernsey, Ipswich, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Reading, Salisbury,Sheffield, Southampton, Swindon, Winchester
