Let us help you enhance your workplace environment to avoid injury and reduce claims as well as improve health, comfort and productivity for your most valuable asset - your employees.

• Establish Ergonomic Programs and Guidelines
• Conduct Ergonomic Audits and Evaluations
• Ergonomic Risk Assessment and Hazard Analysis
• Development of Workstation and Product Specifications
• Training and Education Programs for all levels of employees
• Development of Customized Furniture and Product Solutions
• Implement, Coordinate and Manage Complete Ergonomic Program
• Review Impact on Productivity and Safety Levels

Ergospec, Inc is not an equipment vendor and has no external incentive to recommend equipment. Lisa tries to find available equipment in the workplace to set up workstations whenever possible. When an item is not available, she has an excellent network of equipment vendors.

We welcome jobs of any size. Please call us for a complimentary telephone consultation (714)484-0967

ESTABLISH ERGONOMIC PROCESS

In order for our clients to deploy a successful ergonomic process within their companies, the process developed must be sustainable, business driven, cost effective, compliant and results in reduced injuries to its employees. To accomplish this process objective, four (4) critical and important elements are required to launch an effective ergonomic process. Lisa has identified these elements from its experience and insights provided by companies it has serviced over the past decade spanning a wide variety of industrial sectors. These elements are as follows:

The ergonomic process must be driven by risk identification and reduction strategies and management support. Once risk factors known to contribute to injury and illness are identified, the company must adopt a proactive approach to ergonomics by addressing these risks early and effectively. Waiting to respond only to actual injury and illness incidents will be costly while responding to identified risks in a preventative action oriented manner will result in improved performance and employee attitudes.
An effective ergonomic process must allow for quick implementation of known solutions to correct identified risks. This is accomplished by revising and adjusting routines/activities and physical reconfiguration of workstations. The "not invented here" attitude will cause real damage to solving preventable costly incidents. The proactive approach is required by the company.
Ergonomics must be positioned to management as an opportunity to improve business performance through better management of the company's "human assets." This element is important to identify the cost reduction impact on the company's profitability through implementation of these improvements based on a healthy work force and improved productivity.
Launching an effective ergonomic process requires the "buy in" of all levels of the corporate organization from top management, middle management, line supervision and direct /indirect employees. Ergonomics cannot be successful without the full commitment, participation, support and cooperation of the entire organization. With this approach, ergonomic risks are identified early in the process and actions can be taken to control existing or future employee exposure to these risks.

Lisa VanMarel

Lisa Van Marel is a Certified Ergonomic Evaluation Specialist, a Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, and a Board Certified Athletic Trainer with a Bachelor of Art Degree in Kinesiology/Physical Education, which she received in 1988. Since 1993 she has been employed in industrial physical therapy settings at Hughes Aerospace and Boeing Aircraft specializing in work-related injuries and in the advancements in ergonomics. Lisa currently provides ergonomic services for DirecTV and operates the Industrial Athlete Program at L-3 Communications. Further, she is a seasoned educator with experience as a credentialed High School Teacher.

Over 20 years’ cumulative experience as a sports therapist, physical therapist assistant and ergonomic evaluation specialist. President and CEO of Ergospec, Inc. since 2001 specializing in Ergonomic Consulting and Industrial Athletic Training

2010-Present Ergonomic Consultant at DirecTV, El Segundo, CA
2011-Present Own and operate an Industrial Athletic Training Facility and Ergonomic Consulting at L-3 Communications – ETI Torrance, CA
2014-Present Ergonomic Consultant at Boeing Satellite Systems for Environmental, Health and Safety and Boeing Medical/Sedgwick Insurance Company