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. Industrial Ergonomics Training Slides
This PowerPoint presentation created by BLR provides a good overview of ergonomics and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
2. The Generational Cliff
If baby boomers are the majority of your workforce, there might be a generational
cliff in your future.
3. The Ultimate Guide to Workplace Ergonomics
The goal for this post on the Ergonomics Plus blog was to provide a bookmark-worthy resource list for all things ergonomics – from the definition, benefits, and applications of ergonomics to specific tools and resources, we hope you’ll find this post useful and bookmark it for future reference.
4. Viral Safety: Getting Buy-in Across the Board
Have you ever implemented a can’t-miss safety initiative, only to have it be met with skepticism from other members of managemement and employees? In “Safety Gone Viral: How to Get Innovations Adopted” (March 2014, ASSE’s Professional Safety), Dianne Stober advises EHS professionals to apply two key principles from social science to get buy-in for your next initiative.
5. Ergonomics and the Aging Workforce — Designing a Safe and Productive Workplace
You’ve probably heard that the U.S. workforce is aging. In fact, you’ve probably witnessed it firsthand — and now you’re faced with the challenge of creating a safe and productive work environment that accommodates an aging workforce.
