Ergonomics, Biotechnology Human Engineering and Human Factors

Safety Management Group can assist your company with all areas of ergonomics including: ergonomic assessment, workplace design, and staff training. Using quantitative methods to evaluate your workplace we can determine those areas that will most benefit from design and placement changes. Once these areas are identified and solutions are implemented, we can educate your staff to continuously monitor, evaluate and promote change to effect efficiency and increase productivity.

Ergonomics (or human factors) an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely —called also biotechnology human engineering human factors. It is the applied science of equipment design intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort. The field is also called biotechnology, human engineering, and human factors engineering. When ergonomics is applied correctly in the work environment, visual and musculoskeletal discomfort and fatigue are reduced significantly.

Companies once thought that there was a bottom-line tradeoff between safety and efficiency. Now they embrace ergonomics because they have learned that designing a safe work environment can also result in greater efficiency and productivity. Recently, U.S. laws requiring a safe work environment have stimulated great interest in Ergonomics - from ergonomic furniture to ergonomic training. But it is in the design of the workplace as a whole where the greatest impact can be seen for both safety and efficiency.

Ergonomic Resources
OSHA Ergonomics