ErgoEASER Software Download

NOTE: (Not Compatible with Window VISTA or Windows 7)

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 (HS-11) at (301) 903-5401 or e-mail (David Weitzman).

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/estsc/). ErgoEASER 2.0 contains a Computer Based Training component in addition to the three components described above.

Downloading ErgoEASER

1. To download and use ErgoEASER, you must have Administrative rights to your computer. If you do not have Administrative rights, you will need support from your computer hardware technical support team to activate the software. Also take note of the system requirements. You need to have a computer running Windows XP. When downloading, note 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.
2. This software program download is 9 MB in size, depending upon the speed of your network connection; below are some of the approximate download times.
   • » 56Kbps  = 23 minutes
   • » 128Kbps = 10 minutes
   • » 256Kbps = 5 minutes
   • » 512Kbps = 2 minutes
   • » 768Kbps = 1 minutes
   • » 1+ Mbps = < minute
3. The program you downloaded is in the Zip file format and contains a self-extracting file (.exe). Once you download ergoesr.zip, you will need to decompress the file to extract the .exe. In Windows XP, go to the download location (i.e., C:\temp\ergo) and right click on the file and select "Extract All"; follow the instructions of the Compressed Folders Extraction Wizard.

   ---

   Once the .exe has been extracted you need to execute it. From the Explorer in Windows XP, double-click the .exe file to decompress the ErgoEASER files.
4. This installation does not currently finish on Windows XP without an additional file named Asymgrid.vbx. Download ASYMGRID.zip. Open the Asymgrid.zip folder to obtain Asymgrid.vbx and place it in your C:\windows\system directory.
5. Once you have extracted the files, from the File Manager in Windows XP double-click Setup to install ErgoEASER.
6. 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.

If you need further assistance please contact us at HSS User Support