The Workplace Ergonomics Program, Детальна інформація

Identifying adjustments to furnishings that can be made by the user

Identifying adjustments requiring professional installers -- Reviewing requests for service for workstation modifications, including preparing drawings and scheduling installers as necessary

Helping in the selection of ergonomic furniture/accessories requiring purchase, including review of all purchase requisitions

Health Services Office is responsible for the medical surveillance element of the Workplace Ergonomics Program. The Health Services Office serves as a consultant to the WEPCC and service unit ergonomics teams, providing instruction in the prevention, early recognition, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of repetitive strain disorders.

The Health Services staff assesses presenting signs and symptoms and, based on findings, directs follow-up analysis and/or treatment. Within staffing constraints, the Health Services Office's responsibilities include:

Recognizing employee injury/illness problems with ergonomic influence

Participating in ergonomic evaluations of work

Identifying restricted-duty jobs

Performing periodic walkthroughs with service unit ergonomics teams

Providing wellness education initiatives

Analyzing health surveillance data and evaluating results -- Reporting findings and recommendations

Participating in the development of interventions and reevaluating previous actions

Safety Services provides support to the WEPCC and service unit ergonomics teams in the areas of safety, mishap/injury prevention, industrial hygiene, environmental health, and emergency response. Within limitations, influenced by availability of resources, Safety Services' responsibilities are:

Reviewing injury reports for evidence of cumulative trauma injury

Compiling and reporting injury statistics related to injury cause factors

Disseminating general and specific job safety and health information

Providing expert advice and guidance in the field of safety evaluations and ergonomic job analysis and design

Establishing and maintaining a hazard abatement program

Reviewing equipment acquisitions

Staff Training and Development Office (STDO): The Workplace Ergonomics Program Coordinating Committee will coordinate with Staff Training and Development Office for the following functions:

Keeping training statistics comprised of information received from the service unit ergonomics teams

Maintaining rosters of key trainers throughout

Accumulating statistics on course evaluations

Providing periodic progress reports on ergonomics training and education

In addition, STDO coordinates all training activities associated with the job-specific training carried out by key trainers/certified workstation consultants. This includes, but is not limited to, providing classroom space and equipment, scheduling classes, notifying staff of training sessions, keeping records of attendance, including course descriptions, objectives, and eligibility requirements in the STDO course catalogs, and announcing dates of courses in the STDO calendars. STDO is not responsible for developing course content.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

The purpose of training and education is to ensure that employees are sufficiently informed about the ergonomic hazards to which they may be exposed, in order to participate actively in their own protection. It also reinforces ergonomic safety as a priority of the institution, and gives employees a clear picture of what they can expect from an ergonomics program. Effective training and education is essential to the success of the ergonomics program, and is a continuous process.

Coordination of Scheduling and Data Collection

Centralized data on the training program is kept in order to promote adequate levels of participation among service units, and to coordinate the parts of the program that require cooperation.

The Staff Training and Development Office gathers information from the service unit ergonomics teams, coordinates training by key trainers, and provides data about ergonomics training throughout the. These responsibilities include: