In the heart of the Bay Area's innovation corridor, Ergobility is redefining workplace health and safety for the industrial biotechnology sector. Based in San Francisco Bay Area, they serve tech clients as well in the Berkeley, Emeryville, and the East Bay. This ergonomic consulting firm specializes in reducing ergonomic issues and changing the workstations of biotech labs, manufacturing floors, and office spaces. The company was founded by the Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) Allen Yagjian who has about 20 years of experience tackling various ergonomic challenges. Allen has worked with high-profile clients and has a lot of success by offering practical research-backed solutions to reduce cumulative related workplace injuries. His approach blends the biomechanical science with human-centered design to ensure that ergonomic interventions are both effective and stick! Natural adoption is key using controls based on engineering, substitution, or elimination.  

Berkeley's vibrant biotech ecosystem is home to many startups, research labs, and academic institutions faces their own unique ergonomic challenges. These range from repetitive motions related to pipetting in lab benchtops to prolonged computer use while performing data analysis. Company workers are at risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) if the proper ergonomic practices aren't put into place which involves a combination of workplace changes, tool implementation, and training. Ergobility addresses these issues through a broad suite of service offerings:

• Onsite and remote ergonomic assessments that are tailored evaluations primarily for offices and hybrid offices and work-from-home environments.

• Job Demand Analysis for understanding what the physical requirements are of a job duty in order to support a return-to-work program or place workers on job modifications. 

• Ergonomics & biomechanics training which are interactive training designed to help employees or in-house ergonomists foster a safer workplace.

Ergobility's expertise is particularly valuable in industrial biotech settings where tasks are often in development. The company will focus on setting up a new process that the industrial or robotics engineering teams will focus on process efficiencies but not quite understand Human Factors and Ergonomics. This is where having an ergonomic specialist is useful. As the biotech industry moves forward, the importance of ergonomics in ensuring that workstations and activities related to the development of such products is also prioritized. If you feel that ergonomics has now taken a backburner and you find that your team is struggling to catch up with integrating ergonomics into your new processes, it may be best to call a specialist with Ergobility today. Just by trying them out, you might realize the utility of an experienced ergonomic consultant that can help your business do what they do but while reducing worker injury.