Our tailored services dramatically improve your ergonomic workstation setups and reduce the risks of commonly seen injuries through neck, back, hip, wrist, elbow and knee, along with repetition based musculoskeletal injuries and headaches.
Employ Health physiotherapists are able to identify common postures that lead to the injuries they regularly treat. Performing an ergonomic workplace analysis can help prevent these hazardous movements from harming your team at your workplace.
Ergonomic Risk Factors In The Workplace
An uncomfortable employee suffering from lower back pain or a neck strain cannot be expected to produce their best work for your company.
Repetitive Strain Injury
Musculoskeletal repetitive strain injury (RSI) Is the most common injury sustained from a compromised ergonomic workstation. This can pose a risk from back, neck, knee, wrist, elbow and hip pain. An onsite physio can set up the appropriate workstation design and height individualised for each of your team members.
Equipment & Layout
The same Musculoskeletal structures can be compromised due to basic equipment layout and operation. An onsite physiotherapist can provide solutions to help eliminate or minimise the risk of these operations.
Reduce Headaches
Ergonomic setup can also commonly cause headaches to your team members. Employ Health physiotherapists can differentiate between the types of headaches and the likely risk factors for those headaches. With an understanding of the common risks for different headaches the onsite physiotherapist can not only adjust the ergonomic workstation, but also consider solutions such as noise or lighting.
What Is Workstation Ergonomics?
Employ Health physiotherapists utilise their training to provide solutions for current or past musculoskeletal complaints of your team members. By doing a short musculoskeletal screening and ergonomic workplace analysis the physiotherapist can recommend simple implementations and set up your team members to a comfortable position, preventing ergonomic hazards and minimising and eliminating the risk of injury.
Benefits For Your Team
By investing in your team you are showing them that you view them as an asset to your business. Team members will be grateful that their employer cares about their needs and wants them to be comfortable in their ergonomic workstation.
- Enjoy a customised work environment for their body shape, size, tasks and symptoms
- Our training helps workers adopt position and postures that improve their comfort at work
- Reduced pain and increased comfort
- Increasing their productivity and reducing their fatigue levels
- Decreased risk factors and Improving their general health, safety and comfort at work
Benefits For Your Business
Ergonomic workstation interventions have been proven to be effective at reducing the number of work related musculoskeletal disorders in a workplace, their incidence rates, related lost or restricted work days and workers compensation costs (study). Showing your team members that you value them as an asset and are actively preserving and conserving their wellbeing will lead to better productivity and reduced staff turnover.
- Improved efficiency and effectiveness of your workforce
- Improved productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of your workforce.
- Reduced worker stress
- Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism
- Reduced workplace errors and workplace fatigue
- Improved staff retention and morale
- Improved your workplace’s safety culture
- Comply with WHS legislation requiring your business to assess and manage all work health and safety risks.
What Does An Ergonomic Workplace Analysis Involve?
Employ Health physiotherapists do not design an ergonomic workplace analysis as a one-size-fits-all type of solution. We utilise tailored assessments to determine any previous or current injuries and perform musculoskeletal screening to ensure safety when implementing the ergonomic workstation setup. We provide tailored ergonomic services to suit your workplace requirements, utilising our comprehensive knowledge of the latest clinical research, anatomy, postural assessment and ergonomic principles.
An ergonomic workstation setup is not always limited to office based setup and our physiotherapists are experienced across a wide range of industries, allowing specificity in the ergonomic workplace analysis.
We can assist your workplace with:
- Office ergonomic workstation screening programs
- Comprehensive office ergonomic workstation assessments
- Ergonomic workstation group training
- Vehicle ergonomic assessments
A study investigating the effectiveness and cost benefit of ergonomic workstation interventions has also found:
- Reduced number of work related musculoskeletal disorders
- Reduced restricted work days
- Reduced compensation costs
- Additional benefits for productivity, absenteeism, quality and staff turnover
Ergonomic Workstation Set Up
We deliver simple, practical and cost-effective recommendations, specific to the needs of your workplace.
Our clients enjoy working with Employ Health’s experienced workplace physiotherapists, all of which are trained in the identification and the treatment of occupational, postural and repetitive or overuse injuries. Our reports incorporate a risk management approach with a strong education component, empowering team members to be proactive about their health.
It is important that the recommendations are consistently monitored and measured. We will continue to seek feedback from the employee, their employer and continue to empower team members to be empowered in a proactive health initiative.
Home Office Ergonomic Assessment
Working from home? Employ Health can help you set up for success with a home office ergonomics assessment. By video conferencing or a home visit a trained physiotherapist is ready and to ensure you work pain free and feel productive.
Why Employ Health?
Employ Health is one of Australia’s most innovative workplace health and risk management providers, with demonstrated experience in delivering onsite physiotherapy services to a range of industries.
At Employ Health we believe that ‘health trumps everything’. By investing in your team members to take the health and wellness journey with Employ Health you will see benefits in their morale and efficiency and effectiveness of their work.
Other Ergonomic Assessments
Ergonomic assessments are not limited to just office ergonomic workstation setups. At Employ Health we work in all areas of workplace health and risk management. Ergonomic assessments can also be completed on a factory floor or in heavy industry occupations.
Task Specific Ergonomic Assessments
The Employ Health team uses our extensive physiotherapy and workplace health experience to identify common hazards. We then assess the level of risk and modify the ergonomic assessment according to well thought-out solutions.
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Vehicle Ergonomic Assessment
Ergonomic workstation setups are often utilised in vehicles. This can range from a forklift to truck depending on what the team member requires.
Read moreFrequently Asked Questions
Anything that poses a risk for injury in the workplace.
Risk assessment of the workplace ergonomic setup.
This is individualised to the team member and the unique characteristics of the workplace. An Employ Health Physiotherapist will identify these characteristics and implement the safest changes in the workplace.