Not only does it contribute greatly to the costs of workers' compensation, but this imbalance also results in poor productivity, poor quality and much pain and suffering. The solution requires looking at the individual in the context of the organization, the task, the technology and the environment. This must be integrated into the design phases of future work. We must put ergonomic principles and design into new jobs and minimize the ergonomic risk factors on existing jobs. And workers have to be involved in this process.
Workers provide the detailed knowledge achieved only by doing the job.
They have eight hours per day to think about how the job could be improved. That feedback rarely makes it back to the process or design engineer. High performance means closing the feedback gap through continuous worker input. We will propose a broad performance-oriented rule with specific guidance in certain areas. Compliance assistance documents will be provided.