Development of risk assessments for OH dept of hospital

We provided a training course and risk assessment process for occupational health advisors wishing to carry out ergonomic risk assessments for disabled workers,

To do this we worked closely with the consultant at the hospital and the occupational health advisors.

To date we have carried out training for many of the UKs leading occupational health companies and hosptial departments.

Audit of staff with musculoskeletal disorders in large county council

We were asked to carry out an ergonomic audit of all County Council staff that had previous assessments by Access to Work and other workstation assessors for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), or who had been given specific equipment such as ball chairs, alternate mice, and assistive software which was not picked up by inexperienced Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessors.

The ergonomic audit found a number of problems, i.e. equipment that was wrongly specified by outside advisors, equipment that was not setup correctly, the accessibility of parts of the building were poor and for some staff no PEEP had been put in place. As such a comprehensive ergonomic assessment was undertaken.

An ergonomic audit is essential for organisations that have had a number of different risk assessors carry msds assessments, or employ staff with special requirements. The objective of this assessment is to ensure that the County Council is meeting its legal and moral obligations and is able to demonstrate that it is proactive in its use of ergonomics in safeguarding its workforce.

We carry out ergonomic audits and consultancy for companies seeking workplace solutions which can result in increased productivity, safer working environments and reduced cost savings (see the article on cost benefit analysis).

Offices and services

• Banks and building societies
• Dealing rooms and multiple screen trading
• DSE office set up - individual and department
• Mail rooms
• New software and work systems
• Seating solutions
• IT departments
• Scanning departments

Industry 

• Assembly lines
• Control rooms
• Packaging systems
• Distribution

 If you would like further details or more indepth case studies then please contact us on 01747 871868