EHS team needed a consistent and approved vendor driven directory of products to reference during office ergonomics evaluations

EHS needed impartial information on risk reducing potential for all products listed

A product list was compiled in a spreadsheet format that listed the product, potential appropriate recommendation circumstances, discount schedule, product number unique to vendor, and final cost to department

The list includes multiple approved vendors and covers both common and specialty/accommodation products such as chairs, monitor arms, monitors, input devices, glare screens, desks, footrests, document holders, headsets and more

The list is available only to the EHS/Ergo evaluation team and is updated bi-annually to ensure accuracy in availability and pricing

Traditional accident investigations and the associated data and root cause analysis was not adequately directing prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) type injuries

Specific details around MSD injuries were not consistently captured in injury reports

3 years of MSD loss data accident investigation reports were reviewed against best practice related to MSD risk identification and future incident prevention

Found gaps/trends were addressed with EHS team and Workers’ Compensation Program Third Party Administrator (TPA)

EHS teams participated in an interactive 3-hour training detailing project, findings, MSD injury investigation best practices and future processes which would be different from other accident investigations

EHS team felt overwhelmed with idea of risk scoring hundreds of tasks without a plan for solutions

The last 2 hours of day 3 was a report out to management on fully developed projects for risk assessment, solutions, cost, time, resources and ROI