back to OSHA Safety and Health Topics

Contents
Page last reviewed: 08/09/2007
Announcements
Highlights
Ergonomics - Copyright WARNING: Not all materials on this Web site were created by the federal government. Some content — including both images and text — may be the copyrighted property of others and used by the DOL under a license. Such content generally is accompanied by a copyright notice. It is your responsibility to obtain any necessary permission from the owner's of such material prior to making use of it. You may contact the DOL for details on specific content, but we cannot guarantee the copyright status of such items. Please consult the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library of Congress — http://www.copyright.gov — to search for copyrighted materials.
Ergonomics

Possible Solutions

There are a wide variety of possible solutions that can be implemented to reduce or eliminate the ergonomic risk associated with jobs or work tasks in the workplace.

To assist employers in addressing ergonomic issues, examples are provided below of solutions that may be helpful either to mitigate MSDs or to promote comfort and reduce overexertion and fatigue. These examples should not be interpreted, however, as an agency finding in support or rejection of any particular solution.

General Solutions

Industry-specific Solutions

  • Additional Information including OSHA publications, Job Safety and Health Quarterly articles, and information from other agencies and sources.

  • Success Stories are real-life stories, submitted by actual companies, that explain how others deal with ergonomic problems.