OSHA Ergonomics Program Management

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1. 1

   Orientation: MSDs, Risk Factors and the OSHA Position

   • About This Course and What an Ergonomics Program Is
   • Musculoskeletal Disorders: What They Are and How They Develop
   • The Ergonomic Risk Factors
   • OSHA and Ergonomics: The 2000 Standard and Its Repeal
   • General Duty Clause Enforcement and OSHA Guidelines
2. 2

   Building the Program: Leadership, Participation and Training

   • The Elements of an Ergonomics Program
   • Management Leadership and Resources
   • Worker Participation and the Ergonomics Team
   • Ergonomics Training for Each Audience
3. 3

   Finding the Problems: Reports, Surveys and Data

   • Early Reporting and Removing Barriers
   • Symptom Surveys and Discomfort Mapping
   • Using Injury and Illness Data
   • Prioritizing Jobs for Analysis
4. 4

   Job Analysis: Choosing the Right Tool

   • Planning and Running a Job Analysis
   • The NIOSH Lifting Equation in Overview
   • RULA and REBA: Posture-Based Tools
   • Snook and Liberty Mutual Tables for Pushing, Pulling and Carrying
   • Matching the Tool to the Job
5. 5

   Controls: From the Hierarchy to the Purchase Order

   • The Hierarchy of Controls Applied to Ergonomics
   • Engineering Controls That Work
   • Administrative Controls and PPE: Uses and Limits
   • Managing Office and Computer Work Across a Site
   • Prevention Through Design and Purchasing
6. 6

   Medical Management and Return to Work

   • Early Evaluation and the Health Care Provider's Role
   • Restricted Duty and Job Matching
   • Return to Work and Follow-Up
   • Confidentiality, Incentives and Reporting Culture
7. 7

   Measuring, Reviewing and a Case Study

   • Program Metrics: Leading and Lagging
   • Evaluating and Reviewing the Program
   • Case Study Part 1: Quorvale Logistics Starts a Program
   • Case Study Part 2: Controls, Results and the First Review
   • Your Ergonomics Program Action Plan