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Highlights of CSA Standard Z412-17;‘Office Ergonomics – An application standard for Workplace Ergonomics’

8/4/2019

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Section 1 - Scope
  • Standard applies to ‘all office users in office workspaces’.
  • Workspace is defined as ‘any location where a person’s work is performed, (e.g. home offices, vehicles, and temporary locations), as well as the furniture, accessories, equipment, environmental conditions, and psychological workplace factors within these locations.
 
Section 4 – Ergonomic Process
  • The organization is to provide and maintain the infrastructure to conform to the standard.
  • The organization shall access persons competent to implement this Standard.
  • Senior management is to ensure the Ergonomic Process is established and shall document their commitment.
  • Workers are to provide input and participate in the process.
  • All employees are to be trained on ergonomic risk factors.
 
Section 5 – Application of Process
  • Hazard Assessment to identify, eliminate and reduce risk of hazards
    • Assess for physical (musculoskeletal and environmental) and psychosocial hazards.
  • Organization shall apply ergonomics at all stages in the design of work systems and involve persons competent in ergonomics in the process.
  • System to evaluate furniture/equipment to be procured before bringing it into the workplace, which includes someone competent in ergonomics.
 
Section 6 – Ergonomic Requirements
  • Every employee is to be accommodated within the parameters of the specific ergonomic guidelines.
    • The furniture and equipment must meet certain criteria and shall accommodate the characteristics of the user.
 
Annex A – Detailed Requirements
  • Details the specific requirements of equipment (i.e. chair, input devices, etc.).
  • Outlines specific training requirements.
  • Demands postural variation.
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