Quite simply, on-site ergonomic assessments and intervention are expensive. Time, travel and product costs add up quickly. By comparison, professional assessments conducted by a Virtual Ergonomist are spectacularly cost-effective.
Our consulting organization has provided both services for many years. Our cumulative data shows that your company can save over 80% of the cost of an on-site ergonomic intervention by using Virtual Ergonomist.
Let's look at a simple comparison.
Hard Costs
| Convention On-Site Intervention vs Average Virtual Ergonomic Intervention | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| On-site visit fee: | $750 | On-site visit fee: | $125 |
| Follow-up visit: | $250 | Follow-up visit: | Included |
| Ergonomic products: | $650 | Ergonomic products: | $225 |
| Shipping: | $225 | Shipping: | $225 |
| Installation: | $175 | Installation: | $175 |
| Total Hard Cost: | $2,050 | Total Hard Cost: | $750 |
Hidden Costs
But hard costs are just the tip of the iceberg. Conventional on-site ergonomic interventions have lots of hidden costs, too. It takes time to schedule an on-site visit, which results in lost productivity. In addition, there are the costs of management supervision. OSHA says the hidden cost multiplier is 3, or $6,150, putting the total hard and hidden costs of a conventional on-site ergonomic intervention at $8,200.
The hidden costs for a Virtual Ergonomic intervention are much lower due to our high levels of automation and access to online education components via ErgoStat. We use a multiplier of 1.0, which adds only $750 in hidden costs. The total cost for a typical virtual (telephonic) ergonomic intervention is only $1,500!