Ergonomic Evaluations For All Work Environments
Our team has extensive experience across various industries, ensuring customized evaluations tailored to your specific needs.
Office Evaluations
The Proactive and New Hire Orientation (PRO)
is a 30-minute ergonomic evaluation that assesses workstations to determine fit and comfort. It is primarily for workers who are not experiencing discomfort.
The Preventative Workplace Safety (PREE)
is a 45- to 60-minute assessment that uses root-cause analysis for employees with concerns about comfort but have not filed workers’ compensation claims.
The Departmental Sweep
is when we meet individually with multiple employees for short (15-20 min) workstation assessments and provide best practice suggestions as needed.
Virtual Ergonomic Evaluations
are 60- to 90-minutes and delivered through interactive conferencing. This method is a cost-effective alternative to on-site assessment and can also be used for the home office. We’ll observe and make suggestions for furniture and equipment adjustments during the evaluation.
Physical Demands Analysis
evaluations will assess the essential duties of specific roles. It will include reviewing physical and mental demands as well as environmental exposure.
Industrial/Manufacturing
- Assess daily tasks performed in your warehouse
- Identify any ergonomic risk factors associated with these processes that could be negatively impacting your team members physical health
- Focus our assessments and recommendations on the entire process and relate our findings with recommendations
- Create a concise written report of our findings with specific recommendations and solutions to mitigate the identified ergonomic risks for each process assessed
Laboratory
- Assess daily tasks performed in your laboratory
- Identify any ergonomic risk factors associated with these processes that could be negatively impacting your team members physical health
- Focus our assessments and recommendations on the entire process and relate our findings with recommendations
- Create a concise written report of our findings with specific recommendations and solutions to mitigate the identified ergonomic risks for each process assessed
Ergonomic Training
Serving the San Francisco Bay and Greater Sacramento Areas
For the Office
This workshop lasts one to two hours and gives employees hands-on instruction on multiple ergonomic principles to make simple adjustments to their work environments. Topics include:
- Ergonomic risk factor identification and mitigation
- Ergonomic tool knowledge and selection
- Injuries commonly associated with exposure to ergonomic risk factors
- Stretches and strength techniques for workplace wellness
Ergonomic Advocate Training
A three-session course offering a practical approach to teaching employees to perform proactive ergonomic assessments. Students learn to implement proper administrative engineering controls while becoming an essential part of your company’s wellness and safety culture. Mentorship is available on request. Topics include:
- Ergonomic risk factors and associated postures
- Signs and symptoms of risk factor exposure and how they develop as musculoskeletal disorders, such as carpal tunnel and lateral epicondylitis
- Choosing the proper engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment to reduce risks
- Commonly used ergonomic products and how to determine if they are a good fit for the employee’s use
- Human anatomy, neuroanatomy, and physiology
- How anthropometric measurements apply to human bodies and ergonomic workstations
- Performing proactive ergonomic evaluations with qualitative and quantitative documentation
Train the Trainer
A workshop series created for those with advanced ergonomics knowledge. Topics include:
- Advanced ergonomics training for various settings
- How and when to perform proactive ergonomic evaluations
- Developing corporate ergonomics programs
- Implementing a company-wide ergonomic culture
- Analyzing ergonomic products to identify the appropriate fit for your employees
- The human/tool ergonomic relationship and choosing applicable product standards
- The benefits of an ergonomic environment
Program Development
Many companies operate under expensive, reactive approaches to health and wellness. Many of these companies with ineffective or nonexistent workplace ergonomics programs don’t realize the effect that their inefficient workplace environment has on their bottom line.
For over 20 years, our approach to development and management has increased productivity, quality, efficiency, comfort, and morale within small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies while decreasing or eliminating accidents, injuries, errors, illnesses, and absenteeism.
Ergonomic Program Development
- Identify immediate & long-term ergonomic program structure needs
- Identify leading & lagging indicators
- Identify key performance indicators to gauge the success of your program
- Develop a site-specific ergonomics product list & liaison with existing vendors to obtain better price point options
- Develop a structured New Hire Orientation Proactive Ergonomic Evaluation process
- Create written policies & procedures for the Injury & Illness Prevention Program
- Develop a structured New Hire Orientation Ergonomic Evaluation process
What our clients always say
Melissa was terrific! I'm so glad I went with you guys. I've been working pain free since then. The ergo set up you recommended is tremendous and makes a big, big difference.
Dan Pardi, CEO
Your Health Practice - Optimized
Melissa was terrific! I'm so glad I went with you guys. I've been working pain free since then. The ergo set up you recommended is tremendous and makes a big, big difference.
Dan Pardi, CEO
Your Health Practice - Optimized
VSI in general, Jeanne and Amy in particular, have given great technical talks at our safety conferences and seminars. Their reports with practical recommendations allowed us to accommodate a large population of our workforce to prevent cumulative trauma injuries. I would highly recommend VSI to any organization that needs expertise in ergonomics.
Tyler Nguyen, CSP, REP
County of Santa Clara
VSI in general, Jeanne and Amy in particular, have given great technical talks at our safety conferences and seminars. Their reports with practical recommendations allowed us to accommodate a large population of our workforce to prevent cumulative trauma injuries. I would highly recommend VSI to any organization that needs expertise in ergonomics.
Tyler Nguyen, CSP, REP
County of Santa Clara
VSI has done a tremendous job of supporting our business needs with timely and accurate assessments and follow-ups to our ergonomics issues. The staff has worked seamlessly with all levels of employees, from technicians and administrative staff to executive level managers and has helped to make our workforce healthier and more productive.
Steven M. Cronkhite
Cypress Semiconductor, Corp. EHS
VSI has done a tremendous job of supporting our business needs with timely and accurate assessments and follow-ups to our ergonomics issues. The staff has worked seamlessly with all levels of employees, from technicians and administrative staff to executive level managers and has helped to make our workforce healthier and more productive.
Steven M. Cronkhite
Cypress Semiconductor, Corp. EHS
I have worked with VSI since 2005. In my years working with them they have always gone out their way to insure that our employees are set up correctly in a timely matter. If you want great customer service I would recommend to anyone to use VSI for ergonomic services.
Kimberly Martinez
Logitech, Inc., Benefits Analyst
I have worked with VSI since 2005. In my years working with them they have always gone out their way to insure that our employees are set up correctly in a timely matter. If you want great customer service I would recommend to anyone to use VSI for ergonomic services.
Kimberly Martinez
Logitech, Inc., Benefits Analyst
VSI Consultants are knowledgeable, service-oriented, and seem to care about the well-being of each employee.
VSI Client
Office Evaluations and Training Classes
VSI Consultants are knowledgeable, service-oriented, and seem to care about the well-being of each employee.
VSI Client
Office Evaluations and Training Classes
Discussion of why I was suffering helped me to understand principles of good ergonomics that can be applied to many situations.
VSI Client
Manufacturing Environment
Discussion of why I was suffering helped me to understand principles of good ergonomics that can be applied to many situations.
VSI Client
Manufacturing Environment
I found the consultants to be quite knowledgeable and genuinely interested in helping me arrive at an ergonomically set up workstation.
VSI Client
Office and Laboratory Environment
I found the consultants to be quite knowledgeable and genuinely interested in helping me arrive at an ergonomically set up workstation.
VSI Client
Office and Laboratory Environment