Risk & Business Magazine Hardenbergh Insurance Group Magazine Summer 2018 | Page 27

WORKPLACE SAFETY
workplace, found that Fortune 500 companies that fully committed
to ergonomic improvement were able to achieve remarkable results.
Here is a sample of the study results:
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an 80 percent reduction in days lost due to work-related
musculoskeletal disorder injuries
a 70 percent decline in workers’ compensation expenses
a 62 percent increase in productivity
CUSTOM CONSULTATION
You can arrange for an ergonomic consultant to personally assess
your employees’ work spaces, evaluating measures like the impact
of task repetition, workplace furniture requirements, postural
guidelines, lifting needs, and more. The evaluation typically
includes an analysis of what types of jobs are most likely to result
in injury and what kinds of injuries have been reported. The
consultant will then develop a fatigue management protocol and
present a