Office Ergonomics

Office ergonomics is concerned with the way in which an office worker interacts with the office environment. A large percentage of the working population, work in offices these days and office ergonomics is more important today than it has ever been. You may often hear people complain about back, shoulder and neck problems as well as headaches however rarely are the symptoms connected with how the person works. Office ergonomics is the study of how the person is working and its aim is to drastically reduce pain and discomfort by ensuring that the persons environment is set up correctly. It could be as simple as the way in which a person sits at their desk or the position of the desk in relation to the chair. It is estimated that only 1 in 8 of the injuries office workers suffer are reported often times because they do not make the association. In some cases they simply take sick leave and assume that the issue will go away.

It is important for organisations to have an office ergonomics strategy that goes beyond having an untrained internal member of staff perform some minor checks. A well structure office ergonomics program will always pay for itself by helping to increase productivity and reduce sick leave due to injury. Organisations should also ensure that they provide ergonomic office advice to those staff working from home as employers are responsible for staff injuries obtained while working regardless of where the injuries occur.

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