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Health & Safety Links

Musculoskeletal Disorders Increase to 33% of All Workplace Injuries
Pure Safety

2011 saw a relatively unchanged rate of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases requiring days away from work compared with 2010. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 118 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in 2010, compared to 117 in 2011 …

Why Wellness Programs Work … If Done Right
Corporate Wellness Insights 

Whenever I hear the words “corporate wellness” in the news — which is often, nowadays — “ROI”  is usually soon to follow. Benefits brokers and HR professionals often ask us, “What is the return-on-investment of wellness programs?” …

Real Men (and Women) Report Injuries
Phil La Duke

It starts early in our lives: “Don’t be a baby”, “Stop crying, you’re all right”. It continues through our childhood, “Toughen up, you pansy” or “walk it off”. Even when we’re adults were told to “man up” or “play through the pain”.  At a very basic level we are conditioned to see injuries as weakness, as some sign of inferiority …

Prevent MSDs with Early Intervention

From the Ergonomics Plus blog

From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week: How to Develop an Ergonomic Opportunity List & Prioritize Jobs for Improvement