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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY
Professor Ergo is here with a 4 step
guide on how to set up your workstation
correctly. He will help you create a more
comfortable, organised and productive
workstation by providing advice and
ergonomic product recommendations.
Professor Ergo aims to help employees
achieve a healthier working environment
by enhancing comfort and reducing
health risks resulting from poor posture
at the workstation.
Getting started is easy, simply visit
www.ergo.fellowes.com and take the
online workstation assessment. Answer
the series of questions about your current
workstation layout and you can then
email your answers to your employer.
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5
00,000 workers in the UK have
reported a repetitive strain injury*
•
a total of
5
.4 million working days*
are lost due to sick leave in one year
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it is estimated that RSI related
injuries could cost the UK economy
up to £20 billion a year**
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3
1
% of UK workers do not take
regular breaks from their
workstation.***
‘Professor Ergo’ will not only offer you
solutions to improve your workstation
but will offer ergonomic product
recommendations. This allows businesses
to make cost effective decisions, as
the recommendations ensure you only
purchase what you need and what will
have the most impact.
Explore www.ergo.fellowes.com for tips
and advice on how you should be sat
at your computer as well as product
recommendations from Fellowes, to
ensure correct ergonomic posture is
achieved. The site also offers a toolkit of
materials to help promote correct posture
whilst working at your computer and a
useful video with Professor Ergo providing
a virtual tour of and ideal desk layout.
Implementing ergonomics into the
workplace is a golden opportunity for all
employers no matter how large or small
their company, and by engaging with free
programmes such as ‘Professor Ergo’,
applying the science of ergonomics is
easier and more manageable than ever.
Visit www.ergo.fellowes.com
for more
information.
*TUC 2009
** Repetitve Strain Injury Organisation, UK
***www.viewsonic.co.uk
F
ind out if your current workstation layout
is set out ergonomically correct and if not,
how this can affect your health by visiting
www.ergo.fellowes.com
It is easy to take the way we sit at our desks for
granted, slouching and sitting poorly at your
computer can create painful and costly repetitive
strain injuries and it is important that we re-assess
regularly how we are sitting at our desk.
One important factor is that employers have a legal
obligation to provide workstation assessments to
ensure their staff enjoy a healthy environment in
which they work.
This is where Fellowes can help with the online
workstation assessment at www.ergo.fellowes.com
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strain injuries and it is important that we re-assess
regularly how we are sitting at our desk.
One important factor is that employers have a legal
obligation to provide workstation assessments to
ensure their staff enjoy a healthy environment in
which they work.
This is where Fellowes can help with the online
workstation assessment at www.ergo.fellowes.com
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Visit www.ergo.fellowes.com