Ergonomics Orientation Program
RC Accounting and Tax services has 350 employees. The company has many large clients and has been overwhelmed with the deadlines and demands of the customers. To compensate for this, the company pays overtime and, in the past, most of the employees were willing to work the extra hours for the pay.
In the last 12 months, Gina Johnson, the director of Human Resources, has noticed an increase in the number of work-related injuries to arms, wrists, and shoulders. This year alone there were 10 OSHA recordable ergonomic injuries at personal computer workstations with thousands of dollars in compensation costs. In a meeting with the company CEO, Nan Flannigan, Gina explains her growing concern. Gina and Nan call you in to discuss potential solutions to this problem. They are worried not only about the increased cost of injuries, but the health and well-being of the employees as well.
As the Director or Workplace Safety for this organization, you are tasked with developing an ergonomics orientation program.
- Write either a disaster safety plan (Case Study 1) or an ergonomics orientation program (Case Study 2) of approximately 1,500 words.
- Refer to Chapter 31 to inform your orientation program.
- Refer to chapter 13 to inform your disaster safety plan.
- Include the following components in your assignment:
- A clear explanation of the health or safety issues present in the case study, outlining potential noncompliance with OSHA regulations.
- The steps required to cope with the current issues, and prevent future issues.
- A thorough explanation of how your instructions comply with OSHA regulations.
- A rationale for why this health safety document is suitable for addressing the issue or issues.
- Visuals, graphs, or other illustrations to support your content.
- Include a minimum of four sources, which may consist of readings from the University Library, your text, visuals, and so on.
- Format your paper using the West Writing Style Handbook guidelines.
