Industrial Ergonomics Services
Industrial work places unique physical demands on employees — from lifting and carrying to repetitive movement, awkward posture and prolonged standing.
Ergo Global helps organisations identify ergonomic risks, prioritise practical improvements and create safer, more efficient industrial workplaces.
What We Assess
An industrial ergonomics review looks at the relationship between the worker, the task, the equipment and the environment. Depending on the project, this may include:
- Awkward or sustained working postures
- Manual lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling
- Workstation, bench, machine and tool height or reach
- Material flow and placement of frequently handled items
- Previous discomfort, injury patterns or problem tasks
- Repetitive upper-limb or whole-body movement
- Forceful exertions and grip demands
- Task frequency, duration and recovery time
- Fatigue associated with prolonged standing or static work
- Fatigue associated with prolonged standing or static work
Ergonomic Risk Assessments
Where a task or role has already been identified as a concern, Ergo Global can carry out a focused ergonomic risk assessment. We observe the task as it is actually performed, identify the physical risk factors present, select the most appropriate assessment method and translate the findings into practical actions. Ergonomic risk assessment services
Ergonomic Audits
For organisations that need a broader view, an ergonomic audit looks beyond a single worker or workstation. It can cover a production area, warehouse, laboratory, department or entire facility and helps management decide where detailed assessment and intervention should be prioritised. Ergonomic audits
How does an industrial audit help?
RULA and REBA Assessments
Posture-scoring methods can be useful when work involves sustained or repeated body positions. RULA is particularly useful for upper-limb, neck and trunk exposure, while REBA is designed for whole-body postural analysis and is often suited to dynamic or variable tasks. We use the method that fits the task rather than forcing every job. into a single scoring tool.
RULA assessment servicesREBA assessment services
Manual Handling and Lifting Risk
Lifting and material handling cannot be reduced to a single weight. limit. Frequency, load position, travel distance, asymmetry, Coupling, floor height, reach and task design all influence risk. Where appropriate, our ergonomists can use recognised manual-handling and lifting assessment approaches, including the NIOSH Lifting Equation, alongside professional observation.
Manual handling and lifting risk assessmentsPosture and Task Analysis
Some problems are not primarily about lifting. A worker may be reaching into a machine, holding the neck in rotation, working with the hands above shoulder level, standing in one position for long periods or repeating a fine-motor task hundreds of times. Posture and task analysis helps identify these exposures and the changes most likely to reduce them.
Ergonomic posture and task analysisFrom Findings to Practical Change
A useful ergonomics project should end with decisions, not just scores. Our recommendations can cover equipment, workstation dimensions, material location, work sequence, mechanical assistance, task rotation,
training, work-rest patterns or further specialist assessment.
We prioritise recommendations so teams can distinguish urgent corrective action from medium-term improvement.For larger organisations, assessments can also sit inside a wider
ergonomics programme
that combines assessment, training, employee engagement, reporting and follow-up across multiple sites.
Industrial Ergonomics Across Our Key Markets
Ergo Global supports organisations across multiple countries and can align a common ergonomics approach with local workplace requirements and operating conditions. Explore our industrial ergonomics services in:
Who This Service Is For
Industrial ergonomics is relevant wherever physical work, task design or equipment interaction may contribute to discomfort, fatigue, reduced efficiency or musculoskeletal risk. Typical project sponsors include health and safety teams, EHS leaders, operations managers, occupational health teams, HR, facilities, engineering and site leadership.
Talk to Ergo Global
If you have a high-risk task, a recurring discomfort issue, a new production process or a facility-wide concern, we can help define the right assessment approach. Tell us what your team does, where the work is performed and what problem you are trying to solve, and we will scope the next step.
