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“A good plan violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
— George Patton
Getting started with proactive ergonomic risk assessments can be a daunting task. There is much to learn and much to do if you want to implement an effective ergonomics process at your worksite.
It can be overwhelming, so that’s why we put together the ergonomics planning guide. We want to help you get organized and, most importantly, get started.
A good plan violently executed now is better than waiting until next year. A good plan executed now means you’ll start learning about the ergonomic risk factors at your worksite now while you can still do something about them before an injury occurs. Waiting means you might not have that chance.
So, first let’s get organized and then let’s get started.
The Ergonomics Planning Guide
The Ergonomics Planning Guide walks you through the five steps you need to take to get started with ergonomic risk assessments.
- Define your goals and metrics
- Select your ergonomics team members
- Select your ergonomic assessment tools
- Train your team
- Have an ergonomics management system in place to stay organized
Step 1: Choose metrics that define what success looks like for the short and long term
The ergonomics metrics you set at the beginning of the process will be your north star, guiding your efforts and ensuring you make progress toward your goals.
Step 2: Select your ergonomic assessment team
Your ergonomic risk assessment team should be multidisciplinary. Everyone on the team should have roles and responsibilities that are clearly and regularly communicated. Each team member should be held accountable.
Step 3: Select a common set of ergonomic assessment methods and tools
Selecting a common set of ergonomic risk assessment methods and tools keeps everyone on the same page and ensures consistent, reliable data and a one-to-one comparison across sites, departments, jobs, and tasks.
Step 4: Train your team to ensure they can conduct accurate and efficient assessments
Bad data can be worse than no data at all. Prevent this problem by making sure everyone on your ergonomics team has the knowledge and skills required to meet their roles and responsibilities. Accurate and efficient assessments are the backbone of the ergonomics process.
Step 5: Determine how your ergonomics data is going to be managed and used
Don’t let your hard-earned ergonomics data go to waste! Make sure you are properly storing data inside a well-designed management system. Having the right data always at your fingertips empowers you to make smart resource allocation decisions.
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