Assessment summary showing where employees report discomfort during an ergonomics review.

Ergonomics Program Reporting: What to Track, How to Measure, and Who Owns It

ByTheo Marlowe
Example metrics dashboard for ergonomics reporting.
A reporting view should help you see patterns, priority areas, and follow-up gaps without requiring a detective board and red string.

The four questions every reporting cycle should answer

  1. Intake: the employee completes an online assessment or the case is created by a coordinator, manager, or support channel.
  2. Assessment: the case record captures symptoms, workstation observations, task context, and any immediate recommendations.
  3. Intervention: equipment adjustments, training, reminders, coaching, or escalation steps are assigned to named owners.
  4. Follow-up: the program records whether the changes helped, did not help, or require additional action.
  5. Monthly review: coordinators review open cases, overdue items, issue categories, and participation gaps.
  6. Quarterly reporting: leadership receives an executive summary of patterns, progress, and recommended next moves.

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