Risk assessment is enshrined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act and is carried out regularly in the vast majority of companies. However, a new challenge has arisen since coronavirus: working from home. While just 12% of employees worked from home in 2019, this figure had risen to almost 25% by 2022. This harbours completely new dangers, as the equipment often does not meet the same standard and employees place less value on ergonomics and occupational health and safety than they should.
Working for too long with the wrong set-up is a guarantee of illness and discomfort - both physical and mental. For employers, this means enormous costs due to sickness absence and loss of productivity.
Days of absence and loss of productivity due to MSDs and mental health problems cost German companies every year 5.000€ per employee.
Within 2 weeks, Isa assesses the hazards in the workplace and creates a healthy and sustainable working environment through effective suggestions for improvement.
Isa explains the legal aspects, carries out measurements and checks the effectiveness using a patented sensor system.
The individual measurements allow effective measures to be taken that are perfectly suited to the employee's workplace.
If employees only work from home one day a week, the risk is low and only requires minor measures. On the other hand, extensive measures and close monitoring are required for employees who work from home 5 days a week.
«Isa – risk assessment» helps you to assess the risk and select measures - individually for all employees.
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We would be happy to advise you individually on «Isa – ergo move» in a free initial consultation,.
100% reach! With «Isa – risk assessment» you can enable every employee to carry out a risk assessment.
Simple, without effort! We take care of the logistics, Isa and the employees do the rest.
Healthy working environment! Effectiveness monitoring guarantees a healthy working environment in the long term, even when working from home.
Yes, the risk assessment for desk workstations is a duty of the employer in accordance with § 3, 5 & 6 Arbeitsschutzgesetz. This obligation also applies to workplaces in the home environment.
Until now, there have been relatively few methods for carrying out a risk assessment in the home office. It is not realistic to send an occupational safety specialist to every employee's home to carry out the risk assessment there. Video calls, analyses using images or one-off presentations are feasible, but unfortunately not very effective. The workplace cannot be properly inspected without measurements and some parameters such as air quality and noise are completely ignored.
With «Isa – risk assessment», it is possible to carry out measurements directly at the workplace and have them checked directly by the AI. All changes are checked for their effectiveness over a period of 24 hours and adjusted again if necessary.
No. The sensor works with infrared light and only creates an anonymous 3D silhouette of the person at the desk. This means that it is not possible to identify people.
The employee whose workplace is being assessed carries out the risk assessment independently with Isa. No other expert is required for this.
The risk assessment takes up to 2 weeks. During this time, various phases are processed in which the parameters are measured, analyzed, optimized and checked for effectiveness. During this time, many functions of «Isa – rergo move» can be used.
No. However, recognized hazards must not be ignored, but solutions must be sought. Sometimes a discussion with employees is an important first step in raising awareness of the risks. A distinction can also be made according to how often employees work from home. Employees who occasionally work from home for a day are not exposed to any great risk.
Employees who work from home 4-5 days a week are exposed to hazards over a longer period of time. This exposes them to a very high risk, to become ill sooner or later. This is why we need to go into detail with these employees.
Once the risk assessment has been completed, employees receive a results report via QR code. This contains the implemented and outstanding measures as well as the resulting risks for employees.