Ergonomics
Ergonomics assessments observe employees as they work, to find risks that may cause injuries, but also task components that may also affect product quality, process or employee productivity, a non-profit’s ability to operate, or a for-profit company’s ability to attract and retain investors. Ergonomics assessments also include recommendations to address these risks (and opportunities) to reduce injuries, illnesses, material, and labor costs

Noise and Airborne Chemical Exposures
Industrial hygiene assessments identify risks that can affect employees’ long-term health as defined by OSHA and the American Council of Government and Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). These assessments also identify administrative controls, to reduce the risk for long-term illnesses

Hazardous Materials Management

Hazardous Materials Management assessments review how an organization stores, uses and discards any chemicals anywhere onsite. The assessment report provides recommendations to help organizations avoid killing or seriously injuring an employee, guest, or visitor, or damaging the environment we all share.

Machine Guarding
Machine guarding assessments identify operations that can cause the loss of life or limb of machine operators, employees and visitors, and ways that existing machine guarding may be consciously circumvented. The recommendations that are provided help companies reduce risks to life, limb, and property.

Material Handling
Material handling is a key factor that results in expensive and debilitating back injuries. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the cost of a fractured spine is between $100,000 and $1,000,000.  Thus it is critical for companies to control their material handling exposures.

OSHA Compliance & Employee Safety
OSHA’s mission is to ensure that employees work in a safe and healthful environment by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. Employers must comply with all applicable OSHA standards. They must also comply with the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act, which requires employers to keep their workplace free of serious recognized hazards.

Property/Fire Protection
Protecting life and property is a key responsibility of any organization, and our consultants know what to look for, and where to look for it. Making sure that employees, guests and visitors can safely evacuate a structure in a fire, making sure that fire suppression and sprinkler systems are regularly tested and in good working order is key to protecting life, property, and your business.

General Liability Assessments
General liability assessments help to protect you and your company from risks that other people may be exposed to when they are on your property, whether as a visitor or as a paying guest or client. GL assessments help companies protect their reputations in the marketplace, no matter what they do or where they are.

Product Liability Assessments
Product liability assessments are used to identify possible ways a product can be misused and lead to injury or death, and to help companies identify ways to make their products safer, thus protecting their reputations in the marketplace.

Minnesota, New York, and California each have unique ergonomics requirements. 

The California Ergonomics Standard for General Industry applies to all companies in the state and is engaged when two employees performing similar tasks are diagnosed with similar injuries within a 12-month (not calendar based) period.  This Standard requires companies to complete ergonomics assessments, employee training, and to improve jobs and reduce ergonomic risk factors. 

The Cal/OSHA Suitable Seating Standard requires companies to provide seating options to employees if it is practical for them to be seated at work.   

The Cal/OSHA Hotel Housekeeper Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program Standard is occupationally specific and requires annual assessments of all housekeeping tasks, annual training of all housekeepers and housekeeping supervisors and managers, and requires properties to make improvements based upon the assessment findings. 

The Minnesota Ergonomics Standard covers Warehouse, Distribution, and Meat Processing facilities with more than 100 employees and requires annual assessments, employee training, and job improvements.  All Healthcare operations in the state are also covered by the Standard. 

New York’s Warehouse Ergonomics Standard applies to companies with warehouses employing 100 or more people.  This standard also requires onsite ergonomics assessments, employee training, and risk reduction. 

Kaizen Project Facilitation
Kaizen projects bring a dedicated team together for several days to focus on a specific operation or process, from analysis to the development of improvement options, to testing of prototype improvements, to formal presentations to a facility, BU, and/or corporate leadership.

Ad Hoc Ergonomics Team Facilitation
Ad hoc ergonomics teams are brought together to assess specific challenges, and while similar to the Kaizen teams, are less intensely focused, and could be together for several weeks or months.

Formal Ergonomics Team Facilitation
Formal ergonomics teams receive baseline training over two to three days, then apply that knowledge to assessing identified processes and tasks and developing recommendations. The most successful teams schedule three to four subsequent facilitation sessions in the two to three months immediately after the initial training, to practice and internalize, with further coaching, the skills acquired.

Making Sense of the Regulatory Environment

QP3 ErgoSystems has a team of talented Risk Consultants to help you identify and complete many of the steps required to achieve compliance with various regulatory requirements, particularly in California.

Solving Ergonomic Issues

The OSHA General Duty Clause

California Hotel House Keeper Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program Standard Compliance

OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Recording Requirements

OSHA Industry-Specific Resources and Guidelines

California Cal-OSHA Ergonomics Standard

California Suitable Seating Standard

Washington State Department of Labor and Industry Evaluation Tools

Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation

Defensive Driving Resources and Training

OSHA Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standard

OSHA Walking-Working Surfaces Personal Protective Equipment Rule

OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Training and Resources

Hazard Communication Standard Safety Data Sheets

Federal and State Machine Guarding Standards and Requirements

Combustible Dust in Industry

Fall Prevention Training

OSHA Guide to Ventilation

Violence in the Workplace

Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Additional Resources

Canadian Requirements 

Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Fact Sheet

NIOSH Total Worker Health Website & Resources