Instead, your safety and health program should focus on controlling worksite hazards, including ergonomic problems.
Committed management is a significant key to a successful worksite hazard control effort.
To underscore the importance the company places on ergonomics issues, a clear ergonomics policy must be implemented with written goals and objectives and accountability measures that will be taken if goals and objectives are not met. State that full cooperation is expected from all levels of employment. Assign ergonomics responsibilities and communicate the performance expected of these key players, then provide adequate authority and resources to meet these responsibilities. Stress that all performance is addressed in the written policy with appropriate consequences for failure to comply. Incorporate an evaluation process to track successful efforts and areas that need to be revised or improved to meet company objectives.