Summary
In short
- An office ergo follow up is a review used in KnowErgo that checks whether office ergonomic changes actually helped, some weeks after they were made. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.9.1 and forms part of the Ergonomics and MSD Prevention programme.
- Run 30 to 60 days after. Carried out by ergonomics with the worker.
- The template holds 34 fields across 4 sections.
- Scoring is improvement rating, where high is good.
- ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Assessment, Worker.
What it is
What it is
What is an office ergo follow up?
An office ergo follow up is a review used in KnowErgo that checks whether office ergonomic changes actually helped, some weeks after they were made. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.9.1 and forms part of the Ergonomics and MSD Prevention programme.
When is an office ergo follow up completed?
An office ergo follow up is completed at the review interval, and after any trigger event. Run 30 to 60 days after.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This review is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this review covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form OFU-2026-000
- You are running the Ergonomics and MSD Prevention programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links assessment, worker
Not for
- Office Workstation Self Assessment, which lets an office worker assess their own desk setup using guided questions and reference images.
- Display Screen Assessment, which assesses screen height, distance, glare and eye comfort for computer based work.
- Remote Work Assessment, which assesses a home or remote work setup using photographs supplied by the worker.
- Anything outside KnowErgo, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 45001Occupational health and safety management systems
The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the office ergo follow up template based on?+
It is built against ISO 45001 cl.9.1. ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the office ergo follow up contain?+
There are 4 sections: header, is it working, symptoms, outcome. Together they hold 34 fields, 25 of which are required.
How often is an office ergo follow up raised?+
A new record is raised at the review interval, and after any trigger event. Each one is given an ID in the form OFU-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the office ergo follow up belong to?+
It is part of Ergonomics and MSD Prevention. Assessed tasks with before and after scores, and a business case that gets equipment approved.
How is an office ergo follow up scored?+
Scoring is improvement rating. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the office ergo follow up template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the office ergo follow up library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowErgo — ergonomics. Task assessment, video posture analysis, rotation and workstation redesign.
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Sources
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety management systems
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization