Ergonomic Assessments

Most occupations have ergonomic-related issues. Whether your business operations include assembly lines, machinery, healthcare, construction, computers or anything in between – any time workers are repetitively moving, there is opportunity for ergonomic injury. The good news is – when job functions are performed with ergonomics in mind, the chance of injury can be greatly reduced.

Your Cincinnati loss control consultant can help you identify ergonomic-related exposures to both prevent injury and illness in your workplace and to improve overall operational efficiencies. Using the TuMeke platform, Cincinnati’s dedicated Loss Control team will work with you through every step of the process – from information gathering to reporting and risk reducing strategy development. Ergonomic evaluations may include:

• Lifting analysis to evaluate tasks which involve lifting and identifies the exposure associated with these operations.
• Risk factor analysis to review repetitive motions associated with industrial workplace tasks, such as assembly and machine operations.
• Office workstation analysis to observe general office workstations for risks including awkward posture, workstation set-up and repetitive motions.

Your loss control consultant will compare your results with industry guidelines, providing a written report with recommendations you can use and refer back to as you implement a plan.

If you’ve undergone an ergonomic assessment in the past, your workers may have been asked to perform each of their various job duties repeatedly – as required for consultants to calculate their specific body movements and the associated injury risk.

What was once a painstaking undertaking, especially for businesses conducting varied and complex operations, is now seamless – taking little time away from your staff or operations. Using TuMeke’s innovative video-based tool, our Loss Control team simplifies and accelerates the process, helping your commercial customers quickly receive informative assessments that can reduce injury risk and improve efficiencies in the workplace.

• Schedule an assessment – You’ll pick a time for our field consultants to come to your facility. Our team will conduct an ergonomic assessment, capturing short videos of employees performing tasks on secure mobile devices and work with you to identify and prioritize tasks with the greatest potential exposures based on your operations.
• Upload and analyze – Our team will upload the video into the TuMeke Risk Suite, scrubbing all biometric data and deleting the original video capture to ensure employee privacy. The TuMeke platform efficiently processes the videos, evaluating body movement per industry standard ergonomic analysis protocol, including rapid entire body assessment, rapid upper limb assessment and the NIOSH lifting equation.
• Receive comprehensive analysis – You’ll receive analysis specific to your business and employees: 
  
  • A report that identifies potential issues. Formatted in an easy to follow color-coded video overlay, risk scores are based on your employees’ tasks and associated body movements.
  • Customized recommendations. Established by Loss Control technical specialists, these measures are fixes that, once implemented, can reduce risk, enhance business operations and improve overall employee well-being and efficiency.

Ergonomic assessments are a tangible, no-fuss way of improving your business operations. Our consultants can help no matter the size or scope of your operations or needs – even small tweaks can make a measurable difference to your staff and business. When you receive an ergonomic assessment, you:

• Help you match workers and job stations and functions to alleviate possible ergonomic exposures
• Facilitate return-to-work scenarios for injured workers, providing useful yet comfortable, light-duty jobs while they heal – so you retain an engaged, contributing part of your workforce while they heal
• Receive ROI report, making it easy to understand the monetary benefits of ergonomics to your specific business

In addition, a TuMeke ergonomics assessment:

• Expedites ergonomic risk assessment process
• Provides simple and clear risk scores for each task
• Requires no wearable devices for employees
• Allows for quick report and consultation turnaround
• Provides comparison of risk scores before and after recommendations are implemented
• Calculates return on investment of risk mitigation process improvements

To learn more or request an ergonomic assessment, reach out to your local independent agent, contact your Loss Control consultant or email losscontrol@cinfin.com along with your policy number and contact information.