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Workplace Case Study 12

Improving posture in workers on an inspection task
 
A large electronics company had workers carry out specific inspection tasks, which necessitated the neck being flexed and as a result many experienced sore necks. One person actually had a prolapsed disc in the neck.
 
The employer had made attempts to improve the workers posture, but there had been resistance.
 

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Workplace Case Study 7

Evaluation of working practices and new software specification
 
An accounting firm had just received an updated version of their bespoke software. Over the course of the next few weeks, a high incidence of upper limb pain was reported.
 
enricoSmog ergonomic practitioners was asked to evaluate the software and determine the root cause of the problem.
 

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Workplace Case Study 6

Ergonomic audit – legal firm
 
A legal firm asked enricoSmog ergonomic practitioners to carry out an ergonomic audit of their workplace.
 
This was carried out and problems were found in the mail room,  it was also found that various partners and secretarial staff all suffered from musculoskeletal discomfort.

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Workplace Case Study 5

Ergonomic audit – IT dept of local authority
 
A medium sized council asked enricoSmog ergonomic practitioners to carry out an ergonomic assessment of their IT dept. Staff were reporting musculoskeletal discomfort and pain and there was also a high incidence of absence and high staff turnover.
 

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