Management Providing Safety and Better Ergonomics 1 CPE

Although one could say that management is not responsible for maintaining a safe environment which includes helping people sit, stand, and work in an ergonomically safe manner, I and many others disagree.  That’s why I’ve created this course.

Yes, there might be times when bringing in experts is required – but in the day-to-day of working together everyone – especially supervisors and managers – need to take responsibility and see to it that those things that can be improved get improved.

If you’ve ever taken management training classes, then you may remember the story of Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Disney, walking at Disneyland and bending down to pick up a piece of trash which he then placed in the trash receptacle.  The moral:  Everyone is responsible for keeping Disneyland pristine.

So, everyone – especially you Ms./Mr. Manager are responsible for keeping your environment as safe as possible.

In the section on Ergonomics, I’ve covered the basics that probably pertain to almost everyone in the workplace.  This section does not cover highly specialized needs, which typically require having an expert visit your site.

For the safety section, I’m suggesting having your employees find things that need to be fixed – and wherever possible fixing them – or causing them to be fixed.  Again, I’m not dealing with specialized needs such as highly toxic chemicals or special needs employees, but the average workplace and the sloppiness that can be ameliorated immediately.  My method, which I’ve used many times with many organizations, is a fun and effective method for not only finding and fixing, but for raising awareness that tends to stay in the minds of those who participate.

Prerequisites

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.

Learning Objective

In the Ergonomics section, participants will:

• Identify the proper way to sit, stand, and work at their computers.
• Recognize the comfort of positioning of things like phones and lighting
• Discover that they can lift and move heavy objects without hurting themselves.

In the Safety section, participants will:

• Discover a fun and active technique for creating a safer workspace
• Recognize that by having people take an active role, they are more motivated to keep a space safe in the future
• Identify some of the more common areas that can easily be corrected
• Explore their own environment (at least in their imagination) and find items that need correcting.

Last updated/reviewed: March 12, 2024