Ergonomic Design Review
The next level of proactive ergonomic intervention
Prevent injuries, Improve Productivity
Ensuring designs meet ergonomic standards
An Ergonomic Design Review is an assessment completed during the design or concept stage for new equipment, tools, conveyors, and workstations or while making changes to a workstation layout and flow. The goal of an Ergonomic Design Review is to ensure the proposed design meets ergonomic standards by identifying the potential MSD hazards and “designing out” issues before they arrive.
Getting the design right the first time is the most cost-effective way to address ergonomic issues. A well executed design-review prevents MSD injuries, improves product quality, and increases productivity by incorporating lean manufacturing concepts, reducing wasted movements and time.
Why it's important
Identify injury risk before it happens
The best ergonomic programs are those founded in prevention, and Design Reviews are the ultimate in proactive ergonomic assessments. Identifying potential injury risk and making changes to the proposed design when still in the concept stage is far and away the most cost-effective approach to prevent injury and improve efficiencies in the workplace.
Our Process
Incorporating ergonomic principles in design makes good cents
- Meet with project stakeholders to understand the scope and proposed intervention (e.g. Project Managers, Engineers, Front Line Staff)
- Review design specifications and other relevant design information
- Gather information on task frequencies, cycle times, weights/forces, handling and layout requirements (as available)
- Compare design elements to standardized guidelines to determine injury risk
- Develop recommendations for design improvements
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