What is in it for me?

It is very natural to have this question in mind before we put in any effort, make an investment or commit ourselves to something. This is also the fundamental premise of any corporate action measured through metrics like IRR, cost benefit analysis or profit.

Same holds true for any Ergonomic intervention, who gets benefitted from right ergonomics?

Organisations – Numerous research and case studies have proved that, with a well applied ergonomic practices, organisations benefit immensely on various fronts like increase in productivity, lower injuries, improved quality etc.

Managers – Accountable for performance and deliverables of their teams members with right ergonomics they are closer to achieving their targets

EHS personnel – Safety is the most important parameter for any EHS manager and with thorough adherence to Ergo principles the risks of injuries (repetitive strain or otherwise) reduce drastically for a simple reason – the apparatus and environment is designed to suit person/s working there.

Parents – With a barrage of tech gadgets and e-learning becoming part and parcel of daily lives of children, their postures have been compromised and inactivity has increased manifold. So much so that a healthy & agile child is a first wish of any parent over a super smart kid.

Families – It is not difficult to find someone suffering from MSDs in any urban family. Most of these MSDs could have been prevented or delayed through right application of ergonomics in daily life. Whilst it is individual who bears the pain but mental & financial stress is shared by the whole family

We can keep talking about more categories but the least common denominator is the individual that is “YOU”.
It is YOU who is a subset and participant in each of the categories above.
So once we get ergonomics right for this YOU, everything else would fall in place