Ergonomics Climate Assessment: A Measure of Operational Performance and Employee Well-Being

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• Personal Author:
  Gibbons A ; Hoffmeister K ; Rosecrance J ; Schwatka, Natalie V.
• Description:
  Ergonomics interventions have the potential to improve operational performance and employee well-being. We introduce a framework for ergonomics climate, the extent to which an organization emphasizes and supports the design and modification of work to maximize both performance and well-being outcomes. We assessed ergonomics climate at a large manufacturing facility twice during a two-year period. When the organization used ergonomics to promote performance and well-being equally, and at a high level, employees reported less work-related pain. A larger discrepancy between measures of operational performance and employee well-being was associated with increased reports of work-related pain. The direction of this discrepancy was not significantly related to work-related pain, such that it didn't matter which facet was valued more. The Ergonomics Climate Assessment can provide companies with a baseline assessment of the overall value placed on ergonomics and help prioritize areas for improving operational performance and employee well-being. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Promotion Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Ergonomics Climate Health Promotion Injury Prevention Job Stress Manufacturing Performance Psychological Factors Psychosocial Factors Quality Of Work Life QWL Risk Assessment Risk Factors Well-being Work Environment Work Organization Workplace Studies

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• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  160-169
• Volume:
  50
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052055
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2015 Sep; 50:160-169
• Contact Point Address:
  Krista Hoffmeister, Sentis, 116 Inverness Dr. E., Englewood, CO, 80112, USA
• Email:
  krista.hoffmeister@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4486a80f4e27e4cf157416802e020003468aef6ea69d1e4820c9d64db3f7a3ad0d9737a8d09efb5b7fce56c698cc72692402ab97e11f1b1e50dc53934be80aea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211661/cdc_211661_DS1.pdf
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