Prevention Weekly is a newsletter from Ergonomics Plus highlighting the week’s best information and resources we found on ergonomics and injury prevention.

Featured Articles

1. For Sustainable Safety, Leaders Must Do More Coaching, Less Policing
Working only to obey the rules and wear PPE typically creates minimal effort safety cultures without proactive employees. Is your goal to exercise control over your employees or to create a motivated workforce inspired to go above and beyond and continuously ask of each other, “Are we currently the best we can be?”

2. The Ultimate Guide to Office Ergonomics
If you’re new to the office ergonomics game, you might be wondering where to get started. What does an ergonomics improvement process look like? How do you choose the right chair, keyboard, mouse and other office equipment? If you’re wondering about these things, relax. We’ve got you covered with a little help from some of our friends.

3. Deskercise: 33 Smart Ways to Exercise at Work 
Add a little movement into your workday with these 33 desk exercises courtesy of Greatist.

4. Ergonomics Tools and Resources
This resource page on the Oregon.gov website provides a bunch of helpful ergonomics tools and resources.

5. The 4 Essential Elements of Effective Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Prevention
According to that banner hanging on the wall, your organization is striving for zero injuries. Safety comes first, of course. Yet zero continues to elude you. The most common and costly injuries, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), continue to block you from your goal. It’s frustrating for the workplace athletes, the organization, and for you, the safety leader.