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. Mergers and Acquisitions: Aligning Your Safety Culture 
All mergers and acquisitions (M&As) attempt to align or purchase cultures, not businesses. Results aren’t purchased; it is the ability to continually achieve the same results that is most attractive to investors. Businesses are attractive, successful and emulated because of their capabilities not characteristics, a point expressed in the book, STEPS to Safety Culture Excellence (Wiley, 2013).

2. The Science of Behavioral Safety 101 – A Little Praise Goes a Long Way  
We probably have all heard the old adage: “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” Well, there’s plenty of science to support it. Psychological research has shown us time and again that positive reinforcement is the single most powerful tool in our arsenal for eliciting and maintaining desired behavior. It’s true when it comes to parenting children and it’s true when it comes to creating safe work environments. Strategic use of positive reinforcement is effective and highly cost-efficient.

3. Truth vs. Myth: Using 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. Infographic: Boost Employee Engagement & Drive Better Business
Did you know that 60 percent of employees think their employers don’t care about their overall wellbeing, and only 30 percent say they’re actively engaged at work?

5. A Safety Manager’s Guide to Ergonomics Training 
Well-trained and well-equipped people supporting your process is what makes it go, and strong systems combined with strong people will go a long way.