Ergonomics High Quality Ergonomic
Assessments There is nothing worse than having back pain and movement
problems especially when it is your employees suffering. The most common repetitive
strain in the workplace are upper limb disorders and back pain which are costing
the industry up to £20 billion annually.
The TUC reported last year
that 5.4million working days are lost to RSI in the workplace. 1 in 50 people have the symptoms and in
computer-based jobs this can be as high as 1 in 4.
We recently looked at one
large employer who found that the average cost of an employee retiring due to
medical reasons is around £40,000. This is followed by at least 6 people a day
in the UK leaving the workplace due to repetitive stress injuries. In some cases, the total cost to an employer
of an ill-managed RSI condition can be the equivalent of up to 50% of the
employee’s salary.
Recruitment and retraining
costs are rising, as skilled and experienced workers need to be replaced. The
average cost of replacing employees due to injury, long-term illness or early
retirement is £3,000-£4,000 per employee. This is likely to be greater for
experienced staff, for example the cost of replacing an NHS professional can be
as high as £8,000-£10,000.
RSI is the most common condition to come out
of the workplace but this is not always associated with computer work. As well
as the physical injury there are emotional factors such as stress associated
with the job and injury so something needs to be done to reduce the risk of
injury to your staff.
Here at Sikasso we provide seminars for groups of 5-25 to
make sure that you are improving the quality of your workplace. It is important
that your team are aware of safe working practices and good positions at the
workstation. These seminars last at least an hour and are full of useful
information for all of your employees to follow.
Call Us To get your employees the attention they need in
Southport to reduce their risk of injury call us on 07805 601 735 .
