Office Work Environment Risk Assessments By Industry Leading Health Professionals

The office work environment has many hazards and risks which are often overlooked.

A office work environment risk assessment is essential to protect workers by identifying hazards and ergonomic risk, improving all elements of the office environment, complying with legal requirements and to help avoid costly compensation claims.

Our workplace assessment are customised to you needs and specific to your industry, ranging from construction, manufacturing and logistics through to councils, government departments and small businesses.

Our highly trained Physiotherapists, Osteopaths and Exercise Physiologists have many years of experience providing risk assessments and training to some of Australia’s biggest brands and most respected companies. We are confident that we can deliver measurable results that make a real difference.

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Complete Office Work Environment Ergonomic Assessment

Ergonomic Work Environment Risk Assessment & Hazard Identification

Assess all the common hazards within an office environment

The office hazard and risk assessment is a broad assessment of the entire office that includes all work areas that ensures we identify all hazards and risks.  We utilise the risk assessment template as published in Officewise from Worksafe as a template. 

Key areas reviewed: 

  • Job design and training 
  • Office layout i.e. workstation layout and placement of workstations, meeting rooms and breakout room
  • Workstations, workload, tasks, lighting, manual handling
  • Noise i.e. review of noise to determine if noise is a potential hazard for worker comfort and productivity
  • Storage, Housekeeping, Cleanliness & Cleaning Methods
  • Floors and Stairs, including flooring type & trip hazards
  • Computers, Copying & Other Equipment
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Personal Protective Equipment

What’s involved:

  1. Conduct an office hazard and risk assessment to identify where there may be hazards / risks in the office environment and provide you with recommendations to reduce the risk in the office work environment.
  2. Assisng a risk rating to each hazard of low, moderate or high risk
  3. Consultation with key stakeholders such as HR, MD or Operations manager, OHS rep and office workers is required.

The outcome:

Our consultants will provide you with a detailed report on all aspects of the office hazard and risk assessment. This will highlight areas of immediate concern and provide you with recommendations to help reduce the risk in the workplace.

Investment:

Typical assessment starts at 2-3 hours onsite + reporting – $900 + GST

Call 1300 519 951 or email admin@corporateworkhealth.com to chat to our sales consultant today

Office Manual Handling Assessments

Complete manual handling corporate solution

Define tasks, observe tasks, risk assessment / control and training solutions

This service involves the following 8/9 steps:

  1. Define work flow and determine manual tasks
  2. Site visit & consultation with stakeholders
  3. Report on hazardous manual tasks including high risk tasks, body areas effected and risk factors 
  4. Complete manual task risk assessments
  5. Recommend control measures
  6. Control measure review
  7. Safe work procedures development
  8. Manual handling training options
  9. Pre employment / Functional capacity Testing – Injury prevention

What’s involved:

Define work flow and determine manual tasks

  • Consult stakeholders to determine work flow for phases of work and determine manual tasks that fall within the work flow
  • Ensure all manual tasks are named systematically 

Site visit & consultation with stakeholders

  • Consult key team members on hazardous manual task risk factors
  • Observe/photograph/film hazardous manual task risk factors.

Report on hazardous manual tasks including high risk tasks, body areas effected and risk factors 

  • Prepare a report which details name of task, body areas exposed to risk, and any hazardous manual task risk factors present

Complete manual task risk assessments

  • Complete manual handling risk assessment on up to 10 high risk tasks OR all tasks, using an apprpriate risk assessment tool

Recommend control measures

  • Through consultation and external research, suggest control measures for tasks according to the risk control hierarchy.

Control measure review

  • Stakeholder meeting (OHS/WHS, team leaders) to determine if control measures are reasonably practicable

Safe work procedures development

  • Develop a general over arching manual handling safe work procedure OR develop task specific manual handling procedures for tasks defined in item 2.

Manual handling training options

  • Education and training options include:
  1. Create customised online training program that workers login and complete training as part of their induction and/or every 2 years (refresher).
    1. Create customised online video (15-30 minutes) of MH in the workplace.  Discussing MH hazards/risks and risk management, review of best practice manual handling strategies for job tasks.
      1. Create customised face to face manual handling training that incorporates best practice manual handling training according NSW guidance materials.  Includes theory and face to face onsite technique review.

      Pre employment / Functional capacity Testing – Injury prevention

              • Develop individual job role job task analysis documents which outline inherent physical requirements of the job i.e. such as postural tolerances and how long a person needs to spend and frequency in a posture, weighted tolerance.

              Further Details:  

              If you would like to discuss this service for your organization please book an online meeting with one of our Directors below.

              Book with Wade if you are based in QLD, NSW, ACT or NT by clicking HERE.

              Book with Heath if you are based in VIC, SA or WA by clicking HERE.

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              Our directors have over 20 years experience! A online video call is recommended for organisations wanting large scale risk assessments, level 3 ergonomics or multi site ergonomic train the assessor. Choose the state you require service delivery in via the buttons below to book a FREE online meeting or call and we will find a time that suits you.

              Process

              1. Enquiry

              Call, email or complete a form. Let us know what you want to achieve or the problems you are having.

              2. Consultation

              Phone, video call or face to face. We will discuss your needs, make some suggestions and provide a quote.

              3. Assessment

              Your assessment and/or training package is 100% tailor made to suit your needs, budget and service requirements.

              4. Training

              Onsite, online or both. Your personalised package is delivered by health professionals with extensive clinical and teaching experience.

              5. Results

              We have helped thousands of people at some of Australia’s top companies. Our team will work with you every step of the way to ensure you achieve the right results for your company and for your workers.

              Organisations Who Trust Corporate Work Health Australia

              government

              council

              nonprofit

              education

              university

              banking

              finance

              insurance

              superannuation

              accounting

              legal

              technology

              communication

              transport

              logistics

              mining

              resources

              manufacturing

              agriculture

              engineering

              construction

              property

              architecture

              retail

              supermarket

              Free Basic Ergonomic Risk Management Evaluation

              Answer a few questions and receive a free online consultation with one of our highly experienced occupational health professionals

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              Workplace Ergonomic Assessment Benefits For Companies

              Corporate Work Health Australia can assist your organisation in completing an assessment of all your office hazards and risks. 

              Benefits to your business:

              • Meet your OHS/WHS requirements
              • Become aware of hazards which may cause injury
              • Identify opportunities to improve employee health
              • Increased worker comfort and productivity 
              • Improved morale

              Office Ergonomic Assessment Benefits For Employees

              The office risk assessment requires a collaborative approach that will engage workers to proactively identify hazards. It empowers them to be solution orientated and ultimately be in charge of their own safety.

              Benefits to you team:

              • Increased consultation and collaboration in the workplace
              • Empowering workers to be solution focused
              • Healthier and happier workers
              • Increased productivity

              Frequently Asked Questions

              What constitutes an office risk assessment?

              An office risk assessment involves an assessment of the following areas:

              • Job design and training 
              • Office layout i.e. workstation layout and placement of workstations, meeting rooms and breakout room
              • Workstations, workload, tasks, lighting, manual handling
              • Noise i.e. review of noise to determine if noise is a potential hazard for worker comfort and productivity
              • Storage, Housekeeping, Cleanliness & Cleaning Methods
              • Floors and Stairs, including flooring type & trip hazards
              • Computers, Copying & Other Equipment
              • Hazardous Substances
              • Personal Protective Equipment
              What is the cost of an office risk assessment?

              Investment:

              Typical assessment starts at 2-3 hours onsite + reporting – $900 + GST

              Call 1300 519 951 or email admin@corporateworkhealth.com to chat to our sales consultant today

              What is the outcome of an office risk assessment?

              The outcome:

              Our consultants will provide you with a detailed report on all aspects of the office hazard and risk assessment. This will highlight areas of immediate concern and provide you with recommendations to help reduce the risk in the workplace.

              Who is the consultant who completes the office risk assessment?

              Your consultant will be a qualified health practitioner with many years experience in occupational health.

              Your consultant will have a qualification in one of the following:

              • Osteopathy
              • Physiotherapy
              • Exercise Physiology
              • Occupational Therapy 

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