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. Prevention Trumps Reaction
“I end each episode of my weekly Safety Culture ExcellenceTM podcast with, “In safety, prevention trumps reaction.” I believe we live in a modern time of safety advancements and, largely, that is true. However, there are still ineffective common approaches to injury prevention prevalent throughout even the developed world.”
2. 25 Signs You Have an Awesome Safety Culture
By definition, safety culture is difficult to measure. How do you measure values, attitudes and beliefs? Following are 25 ways to tell whether or not you have an awesome safety culture. If you can answer yes to most of these, you’re doing great. Keep it up!
3. The Ultimate Guide to Good Posture
Need to incorporate better posture at your office workstation? Check out this guide to posture from Greatist.
4. Managing Service Quality in Ergonomics Programs: A Path to Improved Outcomes
“The service quality of ergonomics programs – and other employee-focused occupational health programs – has an equivalent impact on the prevention of employee injuries.”
5. New Series: MSD Prevention in Manual Material Handling Environments
If you’re a safety leader at a warehouse/DC facility, you’ll be interested in a new series of articles we’ll be writing over the next five weeks. The topic we’ll be covering is MSD Prevention in Manual Material Handling Environments. Here is a taste of what we’ll be covering.
