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. Reducing Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Airport Baggage Screeners and Handlers
Manual baggage lifting and handling are therefore considered the main risk factors for WMSDs among baggage screeners and handlers. A portion of the checked bags are manually handled by baggage screeners, while every checked bag is required to be manually transferred to airplanes by carrier baggage handlers.
2. Maximizing Optimism in the Workplace
When it comes to work these days, we’re all expected to do more with less. But is this nose-to-the-grindstone philosophy the best way to run a business? Alarmingly low employee engagement numbers indicate otherwise.
3. Truth vs. Myth: Using Industrial Back Belts to Prevent Low Back Injuries
Low back injuries are some of the most common and costly injuries in the workplace today. Is using industrial back belts to prevent low back injuries a good idea? That’s what we’re about to explore together in this installment of our Truth vs Myth series.
4. NIOSH Musculoskeletal Disorders Prevention Program
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are significant health and safety issues for which challenges and opportunities exist to better understand objective causes and effects, economic impacts, and effective strategies to prevent and treat these complicated disorders. Learn more about this NIOSH program focused on MSD prevention.
5. Why Ergonomics and Wellness Are a Powerful Match
A recent study by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) suggests what we’ve known for years: The organizational divisions that separate health protection (safety and health / ergonomics) from health promotion (wellness) prevents optimal resource utilization and impedes efforts to maximize the overall health and productivity of the workforce.
