
Assessments

An assessment of ergonomic risk factors to identify opportunities to reduce risk for individual tasks, production lines and/or employees. This can include product implementation (e.g., scissor lift pallet jack), administrative intervention (e.g., job rotation) or engineering solutions (e.g., augmentation or redesign of a machine or work zone)
Ergonomic/Injury risk
Employee limitations identified by a functional abilities form or assessment are reviewed relative to job tasks in order to determine tasks that the employee is capable of performing without re-injury or tasks that are suitable with modification
Return to Work/Modified Duties
Review of workplace for health and safety hazards, e.g., railings, guarding, chemical storage, lighting, slip and fall hazards, SOP reviews, etc.
Health and Safety
Observing and documenting work processes and flow and identifying; wasted production time, excessive handling and process inefficiencies
Workflow/time
An assessment of a workspace to ensure that the proper clearances and equipment are present at a workplace to satisfy the AODA
Assessment of patient, resident or student transfers completed manually or via equipment to identify risks for both employees and the patient, resident or student
Recommendations of techniques and equipment options are provided
Universal Accessibility
Instruction for staff regarding the manual or equipment based transfer of a; patient, resident or student
Instruction for staff regarding how to use equipment for people with disabilities
Accessibility Equipment and Transfers
A review of drawings for new or revised machines and production elements to identify injury risk factors and workforce compatibility so that design corrections can be implemented pre-build