AOA Chairs

In 2004, approximately 125.9 million workers received a total of $56.0 billion in workers’ compensation costs for injuries that occurred on the job (the latest year for which data were available). Additionally, in 2005, the total number of days lost to workers because of injuries occurring on the job totaled 80 million. Off-the-job injuries can potentially affect a company’s productivity even more with days lost totaling about 195 million.1 With figures like these, the importance of providing a well-designed work environment with appropriate training which could help lessen costs as well as days lost to injuries is obvious. The possibility of sitting in a chair for a full eight-hour work day can be intimidating, so it is essential that work chairs be ergonomic and healthy. HealthyComputing.com concurs, stating, “Experts agree that your chair is perhaps the single most important component of a healthy working environment.