Task Analysis
This is an important component as a preventative initiative to enable a successful return to work. It involves:
- Break down of each task carried out
- Identification of risk factors and provision of recommendations for improvement
- Assistance with the determination of suitable duties/alternate tasks
It includes:
- An investigation of the demands of the job. For example, what weights are lifted? How are they lifted and how often?
- Postures adopted and movements carried out, taking into account length of time and percentage of working day positions are sustained for
- Identifying frequency and repetition of each task
- Physical demand of each task is quantified
- An investigation of the environment the job is carried out in, and
- Recommendations to identified areas are made