ErgoEASER Software Available
to Analyze and Solve Ergonomic Hazards
Ergonomics Education, Awareness, System Evaluation and
Recording, ErgoEASER, is a software package that has
been developed to aid in identifying, evaluating, and
preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Evaluating
video-display terminal (VDT) workstations and lifting
task design, ErgoEASER offers suggestions on how to
address ergonomic hazards and reduce worker disabilities.
The Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, and other agencies combined efforts to develop
this innovative software.
Consisting of three interactive components, Getting
Started, Awareness and Reporting, and Analysis, ErgoEASER
supports the examination of a potentially hazardous
workstation. Getting Started supplies an overview
and background information on ErgoEASER and occupational
ergonomics. Awareness and Reporting provides examples
and photographs to help identify ergonomic hazards
in the workplace. Analysis uses models of good practice
and actual data from the local situation to evaluate
VDT workstations and lifting tasks, and recommends
solutions for the specific local ergonomic hazards.
ErgoEASER is available for PC-compatible computers
running Microsoft Windows. The software includes the
User's Guide. For more information, contact David
Weitzman (HS-11) at (301) 903-5401 or e-mail (David
Weitzman).
Federal Agencies and their contractors may obtain
a Government Licensed version of ErgoEASER 2.0 from
the U. S. Department of Energy's centralized software
management facility (Energy Science and Technology
Software Center http://www.osti.gov/estsc/).
ErgoEASER 2.0 contains a Computer Based Training component
in addition to the three components described above.
Downloading ErgoEASER
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
- Before you download ErgoEASER, take note of the
system requirements. You need to have a PC-compatible
computer running Microsoft Windows 3.1 or greater.
Also take note of the directory to which you are
downloading the software. You should create a temporary
directory (i.e., C:\temp\ergo) to download and decompress
the files into.
- This software program is 8.9 MB in size. This
download may take anywhere from a few minutes up
to an hour or more depending upon the speed of your
network connection.
- The program you download is a self-extracting
file (.exe). Once you download this file, you need
to execute it. From the File Manager in Windows
3.1 or the Explorer in Windows, double-click the
.exe file to decompress the ErgoEASER files. Or,
from a DOS prompt, type the file name and hit Return
to decompress the ErgoEASER files.
- This installation does not currently finish on
Windows-NT, 2000, or XP without an additional file
named Asymgrid.vbx. Download ASYMGRID.zip.
Open the Asymgrid.zip folder to obtain Asymgrid.vbx
and place it in your C:\windows\system directory.
- Once you have extracted the files, from the File
Manager in Windows 3.1 or the Explorer in Windows
double-click Setup to install ErgoEASER.
- The Setup program will ask you for an installation
option: Full (install everything) or Custom (select
portions to install) and the target directory for
the installation.
(Note: This installation does not currently finish
on Windows-NT. We are working on getting an install
package that works on Windows NT. In the meantime,
you can get around the failure in the installation
routine by creating a \windows\system directory on
your c-drive. Then copy a file named Asymgrid.zip
to the new \windows\system directory. The install
should then run normally.
If you need further assistance please contact us
at HSS
User Support
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