Every Friday we pass on a few health and safety resources we enjoyed throughout the week in a “Best of the Week” post.
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Health & Safety Links
Technology & Safety Culture
Safety Culture Excellence
Trucking companies are beginning to address driver behaviors with new technologies. Several companies make tracking devices that monitor drivers and photographically capture their behaviors and the road conditions in which they are operating. Post trip, these companies can know how many times drivers hit the brakes hard, changed lanes suddenly, exceeded speed limits, and exhibited other behaviors critical to driving safety. Many of these organizations are also monitoring driver cell phone calls and texting while driving …
The 10 Commandments of Workplace Wellness Practitioners
TotalWellnessUS
Leading employers know they need to create healthy cultures to attract and retain top talent, improve productivity, reduce health risks, and boost employee engagement. While there are many pieces of the wellness puzzle, there are some guiding principles behind great wellness programs. Let’s call them the 10 commandments of a wellness practitioner …
Employers Take Steps to Boost Success of Health and Productivity Programs
Towers Watson
As companies strive to keep workers healthier and stem the tide of higher health care costs, they will continue to embrace health and productivity programs as a solution. According to the 2013/2014 Staying@Work Survey, conducted by Towers Watson, a global professional services company, and the National Business Group on Health, employers will have to address lifestyle risk issues, improve employee engagement and articulate a strategy to establish a workplace health culture, an essential factor for success …
Infographic – Epidemic of Chronic Diseases
From the Ergonomics Plus blog
From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week:
