April 2021
INNERGY INSIGHT
4 Benefits of Ergonomics in Your Workplace
Have you been overlooking the importance of ergonomics in your workplace?
Ergonomics play an important role in the workplace and is a key component in creating a safer work environment to employees.
The impact of ergonomics has proven to be rather significant.
Here are 4 proven advantages of ergonomics and why it is so important.
1. Improves Productivity
As employees feel safer and more comfortable while doing their job, they are more likely to perform better.
A job that allows good posture and less exertion on the body will allow the employee to work more efficiently.
This translates to greater productivity and output.
2. Reduces Costs
Creating an environment that protects the employees reduces compensation claims and injury leaves.
This also reduces costs related to overtime, due to staff coverage in the case of an injured worker’s absence, along with orientation and training costs when injured workers must be replaced.
In addition to legal and investigation costs that are sometimes necessary when a worker becomes injured.
Investing in ergonomic solutions presents an opportunity for substantial cost savings.
3. Improves Employee morale
Implementing ergonomic solutions can make employees feel more valued. This alone has a significant impact on their work.
Poor ergonomics can make employees feel frustrated and fatigued, which may translate to poor performance and attitude.
An employee who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected. This can have a tremendous outcome in the company.
4. Increases safety culture
A company that shows their employees that they are committed to health and safety can translate to higher performance.
Creating a safety culture that directly affects the health and wellbeing of employees has strong cumulative effects.
Healthy employees are far more valuable than unhealthy and fatigued employees.
Pain-free workers create a high advantage to companies who are in need of greater engagement and productivity.
Implementing ergonomics is a viable way of creating more security and comfort in the workplace. Not only does ergonomics prevent injuries while making the workplace safer, it can also increase productivity and boost employee morale.
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TAKE 5 TO INNERGIZE
Wrist Stretch
BENEFITS
Stretches and decompresses wrists, increases circulation to wrists, prevents and helps reduces symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1: Sit slightly forward in your chair, feet flat on the floor, legs at a 90 degree angle. Contract your abdominal muscles slightly, lift up through your chest and lengthen your spine. Drop your shoulders down your back.
Step 2: As you inhale, reach your right arm straight out to the front. As you exhale, point your fingers up and press through the palm of your hand, as if trying to press into an imaginary wall. As you inhale again, reach your left arm straight out and place your left hand on palm side of your right hand, only from the right fingers up (not covering the palm of your right hand).
Step 3: Now, pull back gently with your left hand, and press out gently through your right hand, being mindful not to extend the fingers on your right hand back, but rather to maintain gentle but firm pressure.
Step 4: Stay for 3-5 breaths. To come out, release your right foot back to the floor. Repeat on the other side.
LUNCHBOX RECIPE
Vegan Chickpea Curry Jacket Potatoes
INGREDIENTS
4 sweet potatoes
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 ½ tsp cumin seeds
1 large onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
thumb-sized piece ginger, finely grated
1 green chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp turmeric
2 tbsp tikka masala paste
2 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
2 x 400g can chickpeas, drained
lemon wedges and coriander leaves, to serve
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, then put on a baking tray and roast in the oven for 45 mins or until tender when pierced with a knife..
Step 2
Meanwhile, melt the coconut oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds and fry for 1 min until fragrant, then add the onion and fry for 7-10 mins until softened.
Step 3
Put the garlic, ginger and green chilli into the pan, and cook for 2-3 mins. Add the spices and tikka masala paste and cook for a further 2 mins until fragrant, then tip in the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, then tip in the chickpeas and cook for a further 20 mins until thickened. Season.
Step 4
Put the roasted sweet potatoes on four plates and cut open lengthways. Spoon over the chickpea curry and squeeze over the lemon wedges. Season, then scatter with coriander before serving..
Source: BBC Good Food
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