Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA)

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Task Being Analyzed:

Chair Height Additional Considerations Score Section A Score

Insufficient Space
Under Desk - Ability Non-Adjustable

Knees at Too low- Knee Too High - No foot

to Cross Legs (+1) (+1) 1 2
90° (1) Angle < 90° Knee Angle contact on YES NO NO
ground (3)
(2) > 90° (2)
YES
Section A

Seat Pan Depth (+1 (0)

Additional Considerations (+1) (0) + Score A & B Score Duration Chair Score
)
Non- Adjustable (+1)

Approximately 3 inches Too Long - Too Short - > 1 2 1 3

of space between knee and < 3" of space (2) 3" of space YES
edge of seat. (1) (2) NO
0 (0)
Armrests (+1)
Additional Considerations
Score Section B Score

YES
N YES YES
Elbows Supported in Too Low (Arms Too High Too Wide (+1) Non- Adjustable (+1)
Hard/Damaged 1 2
line with shoulders, Unsupported) (2) (Shoulders O NO NO
surface (+1)
shoulders relaxed (1) Shrugged) (2)
(+1 (+1 (+1
Section B

Back Support
)(0 )(0) )
Additional Considerations(0) + Score NOTES:

YES YES ROSA

Adequate Lumbar No Lumbar Support OR Angled Too Far Angled Too Far No Back Support (ie Work Surface Too High, Back Rest Non- 1 Grand Score
Support- Chair
reclined between 95°
Lumbar Support Not in Back (Greater
than 110°) (2)
Forward (Less Stool OR Worker N
Shoulders Shrugged
(+1)
N
Adjustable (+1)
Small of Back (2) than 95°) (2) Leaning Forward) (2)
and 110° (1) O
(+1 O
(+1
Monitor
)
Additional Considerations
) Score Duration
(0) (0)
Duration:
+1 if ≥ 1 hr/day consecutively or ≥ 4 hrs/day intermittently
0 if 30 min - 1 hr/day consecutively or 1-4 hrs/day intermittently

YES YES YES 1 1 -1 if < 30 min/day consecutively or < 1 hr/day intermittently 3

Arm's Length Distance
(40-75cm) / Screen at
Too Low (below
30°) (2)
Too High (3) YES
Too Far (+1) Glare on
Screen (+1)
Neck Twist Greater
than 30° (+1)
Documents -
No Holder (+1)
Eye Level (1) NO NO NO NO
Section C

(+1) (+1) (+1) (+1)

Telephone (0) (0) Additional(0)
Considerations (0) Score Duration Section C Score

No Hands-Free Option
Headset / One Hand on Too Far of Reach YES
Neck and Shoulder (+1)
YES 1 1 2
Phone & Neutral Neck
Posture (1)
(outside of 30 cm) (2)
NO
Hold (+2)
NO
(+2) (+1) Peripherals Score
Mouse (0) Considerations
Additional (0) Score Duration

YES
Mouse/Keyboard on YES
YES
N
Palmrest in Front of 1 1 2
Mouse in line with Reaching To
N
Different Surfaces (+2) Pinch Grip on Mouse (+1)
Shoulder (1) Mouse (2)
NO O
Mouse (+1)
O
(+2 (+1
(+1)
Section D

) (0) )(0
Keyboard
(0)
Additional Considerations Score Duration Section D Score
)

Wrists Straight, Wrists Extended/

YES
Deviation While Keyboard YES
Too High - Reaching to YES
Overhead Items YES
Platform
1 1 2
Shoulders Keyboard on Typing (+1) Shoulders Shrugged (+1) (+1) N (+1)
Non-Adjustable
Relaxed (1) Positive Angle (>15°
N N N
Wrist Extension) (2)
O
(+1
O (+1
O (+1
O (+1
) ) ) )
(0
Reference: Sonne, Michael, Dino L. Villalta, and David M.(0) (0) of an office ergonomic risk checklist:
Andrews. "Development and evaluation (0) ROSA- Rapid office strain assessment." Applied Ergonomics. 43 (2012): 98-108. Print.
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 Duration:
+1 if ≥ 1 hr/day consecutively or ≥ 4 hrs/day intermittently
ROSA REFERENCE SHEET 0 if 30 min - 1 hr/day consecutively or 1-4 hrs/day intermittently
-1 if < 30 min/day consecutively or < 1 hr/day intermittently

Data Table I: Section A & B Score Section A: Chair Height & Seat Pan Depth
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Arm Rest & Back

2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 2 2 3 4 5 6 7
Section B:

Support

4 3 3 3 4 5 6 7
5 4 4 4 4 5 6 7
6 5 5 5 5 6 7 8
7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8
8 7 7 7 8 8 9 9

Data Table II: Section C Score Monitor + Duration

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Phone + Duration

0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5
2 1 2 2 3 3 4 6
3 2 2 3 3 4 5 6
4 3 3 4 4 5 6 7
5 4 4 5 5 6 7 8
6 5 5 6 7 8 8 9

Data Table III: Section D Score Keyboard + Duration

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Mouse + Duration

0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
2 1 2 2 3 4 5 6
3 2 3 3 3 5 6 7
4 3 4 4 5 5 6 7
5 4 5 5 6 6 7 8
6 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
7 6 7 7 8 8 9 9

Data Table IV: Peripherals Score Section D: Mouse and Keyboard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Section C: Monitor &

2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7
Telephone

4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7
5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Data Table V: GRAND SCORE Peripherals

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7
4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7
Chair
5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Data Table VI
Score = 1-5: Further assessment not immediately
Grand required.
Score > 5: The office workstation requires further
Score assessment; changes should be considered
immediately.
r ≥ 4 hrs/day intermittently
vely or 1-4 hrs/day intermittently
y or < 1 hr/day intermittently

9
8
8
8
8
9
9
9

7
6
6
7
8
8
9
9

7
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
9

8 9
8 9
8 9
8 9
8 9
8 9
8 9
8 9
8 9
9 9

s
 8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
8 9 10
9 9 10
10 10 10