3. Guy Osmond
Managing Director
A Personal View
• Ergonomics Landscape
• Regulation vs. Workers’ Comp
• Similarities and differences
• More about the UK/Europe
– Training
– Corporate Culture
• The future
• Free tools
5. Who?
• Dropped out of university in my 2nd year
• In business since 1975
• Wine bar, Property development,
Children’s clothes shop, Slot machines,
Satellite TV
• In Workplace Ergonomics since 1992
• Mensa member since 1996
• Married since 1982 with one son
15. Regulation
• Health & Safety (Display Screen
Equipment) Regulations 1992
• Health & Safety (Display Screen
Equipment) Regulations 1992
as amended by the Health &
Safety (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Regulations 2002
bit.ly/dse-regs
16. Regulation
Regulation 2: Analysis of workstations to assess
and reduce risks
(1) Every employer shall perform a suitable and sufficient
analysis of those (DSE) workstations …
… for the purpose of assessing the health and safety risks
to which those persons are exposed in consequence of that
use.
(3) The employer shall reduce the risks identified in
consequence of an assessment to the lowest extent
reasonably practicable.
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Adequate lighting
Adequate contrast, no glare or distracting reflections
Distracting noise minimised
Leg room and clearances to allow postural changes
Window covering if needed to minimise glare
Software: appropriate to task, adapted to user, providing feedback
on system status, no undisclosed monitoring
Screen: stable image, adjustable, readable, glare/reflection-free
Keyboard: usable, adjustable, detachable, legible
Work surface: with space for flexible arrangement of equipment and
documents; glare-free
Chair: stable and adjustable
Footrest if user needs one
19. Workers’ Comp
• No equivalent EU
process
• UK litigation exists but
only as the last (not first)
resort
• Individual outcomes in
the U.S. much more
product focussed
21. Psycho-social issues
• Stress not compensable in the US
• Stress-related illness now a major
issue in the UK
– Job security
– Smart Working
– Workload
22. Productivity >>>
Presenteeism
What you are seeing if you
only measure absenteeism
Unmeasured lost productivity
Presenteeism cost =
1.5 to 3 x cost of absenteeism
What is actually happening
http://bit.ly/PresExplained
Time >>>
23. Products
• Asking the right questions
• It must be ergonomic: it says so on the
box!
• Which manufacturer’s brochures did you
learn ergonomics from?
• WoW Factor Test
• Awesomeness Test
www.prankpack.com
