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ErgoEASER Software Download
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 (EH-52) at (301) 903-5401 or e-mail (david.weitzman@eh.doe.gov).
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/html/osti/estsc/estsc.html).
ErgoEASER 2.0 contains a Computer Based Training component in addition
to the three components described above.
Downloading ErgoEASER
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
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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.
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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.
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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 95, 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.
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Once you have extracted the files, from the File Manager in Windows 3.1
or the Explorer in Windows 95 double-click Setup to install ErgoEASER.
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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.vbx to the new \windows\system directory. The
install should then run normally.
If you need
further assistance please contact us at ES&H; InfoCenter)
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