Ergonomics
IOM Ergonomics helps a wide range of businesses, local government and voluntary agencies to successfully design and manage the interaction between people and their working environment. We help to prevent injuries associated with manual handling, repetitive tasks and working with display screen equipment, through advising on appropriate equipment, task and work place design and layout.
IOM ergonomists have played a central role in helping many companies prevent ill health in the work place and meet relevant health and safety legislation. The benefits range from reducing work-related injuries and ill health, absenteeism and staff turnover through to improving organisational efficiency, productivity and morale.
Our ergonomics services are services focussed primarily on helping you comply with health and safety regulations and to maintain a healthy workplace.
These services include:
- Manual handling risk assessment and reduction
- Manual handling awareness training
- Display Screen Equipment risk assessment and reduction
- Assessment of the risk of Upper Limb Disorders (ULD) (Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)) and advice on risk reduction measures
- Assessing work place environments
- Heat stress
We also provide a wide range of specialist problem-solving consultancies including specialist DSE and manual handling assessments to solve individual's specific health issues, advice on policy and risk reduction relating to manual handling, office design, professional training, assessing the suitability of PPE from an ergonomic perspective and expert witness services.