1. Ergonomics Risk assessment training course Module 3 Ergonomics

2. What is ‘ergonomics’? Incorporating ergonomics into assessments? Planning workflow Changing work practices Reducing accidents and lost time Session outcomes

3. Ergonomics Ergonomics – what is it? Human factors The ‘fit’ between people and their work Puts people first Considers capabilities and limitations

4. Ergonomics Task(s) and the demands on the worker Equipment used (design, size, fit for purpose) Information used (access and content) Physical environment Social environment (support of colleagues). The ‘Fit’ between task and worker

5. Ergonomics Size and shape Fitness and strength Posture Senses Stresses and strains Human factors The body The mind Mental ability Personality Knowledge and experience Stresses and strains

6. Ergonomics Do we consider? - What people do? What equipment they use? How they do it? How often they do it? Where they do it? Step 2 of risk assessment but - do we think ‘Workflow’?

7. Ergonomics Do we consider? - Capability? Understanding? Experience? Again: Step 2 of risk assessment but - do we think ‘Individual’?

8. Ergonomics Do we consider? - Hazards and risks ‘outside the box’? Breadth of laboratory assessments - Manual handling Twisting and turning Display screens Repetition Environment

9. Ergonomics Future planning Workstation design Individual Demands Repetition Environment Training

10. Ergonomics Finally - MRC general guidance on ergonomics can be found at: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Utilities/Documentrecord/ index.htm?d=MRC005801