OI Reference Guidelines & Tools
Please reference these guidelines for all "external" clients.
Office Assessment - Login Required
General Force Guidelines
Anthropometric Tables
Posture Guidelines
Repetition Tables
Investigation of Finger Pull Strengths
NIOSH Lifting Equation Template
Liberty Mutual MMH Equation Worksheets
Options Incorporated Forms
All editable forms are in Mac Office 2019 formats.
Employee Data Form (F1)
Expense Form (F2)
Ergonomic Consultant PDD/CDD
Senior Ergonomic Consultant PDD/CDD
Supervising Ergonomist PDD/CDD
Managing Ergonomist PDD/CDD
Professional Thinking Worksheet (F6.1)
Critical Thinking Worksheet (F6.2)
Effective Solutions Worksheet
Letter Head Portrait
Letter Head Landscape
PowerPoint Template
Office Assessment Data Form
CKO Acknowledgement Form
Vendor Buy-Off Request CHECKLIST
CSA Standards
Workplace Ergonomics - A Management & Implementation Standard Z1004-12
Office Ergonomics - An Application Standard for Workplace Ergonomics Z412-17
Strength Data
Strength Data for design safety - Phase 1
Strength Data for design safety - Phase 2
The BIFMA Guidelines
The 2013 BIFMA (Business & Institutional Furniture Manufactures Association) guidelines for the office have been updated based on new anthropometric data that reflect the changes in the North American working population. Specifically, these guidelines impact standard office items. This document is useful for our reference when clients request us to review office equipment they may want to purchase or standardize across their organization.
BIFMA G1-2013
The 4 Attributes of a Good Listener
When constantly fixated on what we’re going to say next, or how people have interpreted what we’ve already said, we forget that being a good listener is equally important to the conversation. Being “present" during conversations permits us to hear cues that contribute to more finely-tuned situational awareness. This is referred to as Active Listening and can help us make effective decisions to mitigate risks.