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We have trained Chicken farms in Maryland and Delaware, coal miners in Pennsylvania and Virginia, railroad tank loaders in Texas, and the Marines in Okinawa, Japan and their usual comment was:
"That was the best training I have ever taken!"
1. Ergonomic Training
ErgoWorks can train employeess to understand how the body functions (back, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, knees and feet)...And, what force, repetition, environment, duration, vibration and posture does to cause injury. Because people do not like pain, they will avoid movements and hazards that cause pain. It is that simple and it works!
ErgoWorks can train supervisors to re-inforce ergonomic principles and OSHA compliance strategies in a positive way! Employees will learn that the company cares about them, their health and performing work safely on the job.
ErgoWorks can train engineers and supervisors in a "RED FLAG" program which teaches people to recognize the common design principles that cause injury.
ErgoWorks can train safety committee members to perform ergonomic assessments in-house. It is beneficial to have a team to assess workers with early sign and symptom of work-related injury. It is cheaper to prevent than to pay for an injury!
2. OSHA Compliance Training
ErgoWorks has a very unique method for teaching safety compliance...We sell health! Everbody wants to be healthy and we tell workers that they are responsible for healthy behaviors! ErgoWorks uses self-discovery, group learning and competition to deliver our products and it will dramatically change workers behaviors and managements approach to health and safety issues. Our history demonstrates significant reduction in incidents and costs of injury in every industry that has allowed us to train for three or more years.
3. Back Injury Prevention Training
ErgoWorks does not believe in "use your legs not your back to lift." Your legs have nothing to do with causing back injury! We train why people get bulged, herniated and ruptured discs before the age forty and degenarative disc after the age of forty... And what they can do to prevent it! We train people to understand the sciatic nerve, stenosis, impingement, arthritis, and movements and postures that contribute to these problems. We have trained nurses, physicians, physical therapists, laborers in heavy industry, policeman, construction trades, fireman, brick layers, pregnant Moms, high school kids, elementary kids, gym teachers...and they all say the same thing,"that was the best training class I have ever had!
4. Ergonomic Job Task Analysis
Ergonomics is not an exact science because no two humans are alike. Ergonomics presents guidelines in which the majority of humans can work without causing injury. So...in determining why a particular job causes a back injury or carpal tunnel, there are numerous methods to assess the posibilities. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA), Energy Expenditures, NIOSH Lift Formula, Anthropometric data, observations, data analysis, WATBAK Model, University of Michigan's Two Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program, and Ovako Work Analysis System (OWAS)...just to name a few. The key to analysis is to correlate the data to find where the finger pointing is consistent and most importantly, cost-justify the solution.
5. Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Training
Ergoworks will train emplyees and supervisors to recognize early warning signs and symptoms of your top three or four work-related musculoskeletal disorders (tendonitis, carpal tunnel, shoulder impingement, back, neck, knee, feet, etc...) They will be able to identify the cause of the injuries and apply control solutions. They will know reporting procedures and benefits of early reporting to reduce financial costs of injury. ErgoWorks will review typical self-treatment protocols that may prevent or minimize the severity of an injury.
6. Medical Management & Health Promotion
ErgoWorks helps to integrate ergonomics into policies, procedures, job descriptions for ADA compliance, JSA's, accident investigation, Alternative or Light Duty Jobs, and Pre-emplyoment ability testing. We teach stress management, nutrition, exercise, consult on exercise rooms and equipment, cardiac care, blood pressure testing, cholesterol and other lipid blood levels, Periodic physical examinations, and personal charting for health history. With over thirty years of health promotion consulting, we know how to keep your employees healthy and safe.
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To contact us:
Glenn Orser
7147 Chestnut Ridge Road
Orchard Park, New York 14127
Office phone: 716 646-6131
Email: info@ergoworks1.com
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