Ergonomics and industrial safety cannot be uncoupled.
Plant safety personnel and the ergonomics experts must share
their expertise and work hand in hand to solve workplace problems
and eliminate the possibilities of accidents and injuries.

IWS ergonomics professionals assist the plant safety departments
in the following areas:

• Manual Material Handling
  
• Machine Guarding
  
• Hand Tool Design and Evaluation
  
• State-of-the-Art Court Defensible Warning Labels
  
• Workstation Design and Evaluation
  
• Housekeeping Issues
  
• Environmental Factors
  
• Checklist, Guidelines, and Procedures Development
  

Case Study

In response to a recording instrumentation manufacturer's concern
for product safety and usability, IWS conducted a detailed product review,
designed changes and developed an instruction manual for safe operation.

This product was successfully commercialized and has logged
several thousand hours of use without incident.