How do you assess a task for ergonomic risk in minutes, not hours?
Soter's Ergo Advisor workflow takes a video, photo, or description of a work task, asks a few context questions, and applies the right posture scoring method. It returns annotated overlay images, risk levels, and ranked controls in a Canvas report, so the assessor reviews and signs off instead of scoring frame by frame.
What the Ergo Advisor workflow does
Ergonomic assessment is slow because scoring a task by hand means pausing video, measuring joint angles, and matching each posture to a method like RULA, REBA, or NIOSH. Ergo Advisor does the mechanical part. It reviews the uploaded media, asks for the context it needs, applies the appropriate scoring methodology, and generates annotated overlays that show where the risk sits.
The Safety Professional stays in control at every step. Soter drafts the scores, the overlays, and the controls; the assessor confirms, edits, and signs off. The output is a Canvas report with risk levels and prioritized control recommendations following the prevention through design hierarchy.
Where manual ergonomic assessment breaks down at scale
Three bottlenecks surface again and again.
- The hours per task. Scoring one workstation by hand can take several hours, so most tasks never get assessed and the risk stays invisible.
- Inconsistent scoring. Two assessors looking at the same posture often reach different grades, so the assessment record drifts and findings are hard to defend.
- Findings without controls. A score on its own does not fix anything. Assessments stall when the report stops at a number instead of a ranked, owner-assigned set of controls.
How the workflow runs
- Upload the task. Add a video, photo, document, or text description of the work task you want assessed.
- Answer a few context questions. The workflow asks for the detail it needs, such as load weight or task frequency, when the media alone is not enough.
- Apply the scoring methodology. The workflow selects the appropriate method, RULA, REBA, or NIOSH, based on the task, and scores the posture.
- Review the annotated overlays. Overlay images highlight the high-risk postures so the finding is visible, not buried in a table.
- Get the Canvas report. A report is delivered with risk levels and prioritized control recommendations following the prevention through design hierarchy, ready for sign-off.
Who uses this workflow
- Safety Professionals assessing assembly, packing, and manual handling tasks without booking a consultant
- Ergonomic advisors scoring tasks across multiple sites and keeping the method consistent
- Site supervisors checking a redesigned workstation before and after the change
- Insurance loss-control consultants reviewing task risk on the carrier side
What you get when you sign up
- An assessment built from a video, photo, document, or plain-language task description
- The appropriate scoring method applied, RULA, REBA, or NIOSH, with the reasoning shown
- Annotated overlay images that show where the high-risk postures are
- Risk levels and ranked control recommendations following the prevention through design hierarchy
- An exportable Canvas assessment report ready for sign-off