Abbott Risk Consulting (ARC) Ltd

Abbott Risk Consulting (ARC) Ltd is a leading safety engineering, risk management and human factors consultancy, with offices in Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Derby and Perth, Australia.

The ARC Human Factors Team comprises qualified ergonomists, applied psychologists and safety specialists with extensive experience across a wide range of industries including: nuclear, defence, oil & gas, transportation, manufacturing, emergency services and utilities.

ARC offers a comprehensive range of human factors and ergonomics services, delivering cost effective solutions tailored to the specific needs of your organisation. Typical services offered include:

•    accident / incident investigation / analysis
•    change management
•    control room ergonomics
•    human factors integration for new designs and modifications
•    job and procedure design
•    musculoskeletal risk reduction (including manual handling assessment)
•    office ergonomics and design (including DSE assessment)
•    organisational design
•    safety case and safety assurance support
•    safety culture assessment / improvement
•    safety management systems evaluation / design
•    task and human error analysis
•    training needs analysis and competency assessment
•    workload and fatigue assessments

Areas of work
Accidents, Health & Safety at Work
Cognitive Ergonomics, Complex Tasks
Design of Control Rooms
Human Reliability
Industrial/commercial workplace design
Office ergonomics and design
Risk Assessments - Various Work Situations
Sociotechnical Systems & Ergonomics
Task analysis
Work-related musculoskeletal problems

Further details
Established: 2002
First registered: 2009
Indemnity: Company
Registered ergonomists: 3
Other qualified ergonomists: 2
Other consultants: 60