Ergonomic Workstation Assessments and DSE Assessments
Employers are legally obliged to take an active approach in ensuring the health and safety of their employees. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 requires employers to minimise the risks in display screen work by ensuring that workplaces and jobs are well designed.
Ergonomics aims to fit the work to the worker, thus reducing both physical and psychological stresses and strains.
An ergonomic workstation assessment can be of great benefit to employees who are experiencing difficulties with their working environment and have disabilities or health problems. The employee may still be at work, on a phased return to work programme or off sick.
The ergonomist will provide advice to the employee at the assessment and a detailed report will be produced. This will list any problems identified, and contain recommendations relating to workstation layout, equipment, job re-organization, training and whether clinical intervention is required. Advice can be given to managers on realistic timescales to keep individuals at work without aggravating the problem.
Manual Handling Risk Assessments
Under current legislation employers have a legal obligation to carry out risk assessments to ensure the health and safety of their employees while at work.
Our team of Chartered Physiotherapists has the experience to perform manual handling assessments to determine whether tasks are putting your employees at risk of accidents and/or developing musculoskeletal disorders.
One third of all injuries at work are due to manual handling accidents. Manual handling risk assessments help employers to identify and control potential hazards thus protecting their staff from the risk of injury.