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

Is a Healthy Workforce in Danger of Disappearing
EHS Today 

The president of EHE International says that 75 percent of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are preventable …

Wellness: Why Ergonomists Need to Get Involved
ErgoWeb

Wellness?!?  What does ergonomics have to do with wellness?  Much more than you may realize.  Major initiatives by US national governing bodies are focusing on improving the health and wellness of employees and the community at large.  They are using, and one might even say co-opting the word “ergonomics” or words that describe ergonomics in their initiatives with very little, if any, involvement from professional ergonomists.  We, as a profession, need to be aware of these activities and even if we don’t want to be involved in wellness, we need to get involved as others have taken ergonomics into the realm of wellness …

Employers Up the Ante For Getting Healthy
Wall Street Journal

The carrots and sticks may be getting bigger. Workers enrolled in employer wellness programs are seeing more financial incentives tied to health indicators such as their body mass index. And under a provision of the federal health law, employers will be able to boost the amounts further …

From the Ergonomics Plus blog

From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week: How to Measure and Evaluate Your MSD Prevention Process