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Company Compliance with Ergonomic Recommendations

Amy Smith, OTR/L, CEAS, OTPP

May 25, 2012

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Do companies ever adopt your ergonomic recommendations that were made for one client and apply them "company wide"?

Answer

It usually depends upon finances.  If it is something that can be done and it doesn't cost them a lot, then they might adopt it for the whole company.  For example, I am currently working in a toy factory where my client has to use an impact gun to loosen nuts and bolts on molds that make large plastic toys.  I found an impact gun that was 5 pounds lighter than the standard model for my client to use.  The company decided to invest in this new brand of impact gun for the whole company.

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Amy Smith, OTR/L, CEAS, OTPP

Amy graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1986 with a B.S. in Occupational Therapy.  Amy has practiced OT in the Akron area for over 24 years, with a major focus on rehabilitation, both inpatient and outpatient, treating a wide variety of diagnoses.  For the past 8 years she has worked independently providing transitional work/on-site therapy to injured workers, including ergonomic assessments, functional capacity evaluations, and functional job analysis.

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