IMPLEMENTING AN ERGONOMICS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN THE WATER INDUSTRY

摘要

AWG (formerly Anglian Water) invited the Institute for Occupational Ergonomics to assist them in the development and implementation of an ergonomics management programme. The particular emphasis of this programme of work was to reduce sickness absence due to work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) and injuries. To lay the foundation for such a programme a number of steps were taken. These included; identification of areas where there was a risk to employees of WMSD, prioritisation of work, undertaking ergonomics assessments of two high priority activities, developing and delivering a company specific training course to a multidisciplinary team of employees and implementing a shadow training programme. A systems approach to implementing ergonomics was built on the foundation of the in-house ergonomics resource established.