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Issue 254

Ergonomics

Improving Posture and Ergonomics

Poor posture can easily become second nature, causing and aggravating episodes of back and neck pain and damaging spinal structures. Fortunately, the main factors affecting posture and ergonomics are completely within one’s ability to control and are not difficult to change.

Ten Tips for Improving Posture and Ergonomics

Ergonomic Considerations in Manufacturing

“In an automotive manufacturing plant, there are many tasks that require the right kind of posture or equipment to handle or transport product in order to keep employees safe and healthy. These key tasks include …”

Ergonomic Considerations in the Automotive Manufacturing Industry

Workplace Athlete Health

Wellness + Safety

Some things are meant to work together. Just as you wouldn’t wear only one protective glove and leave the other sitting on the toolbox, incorporating workplace wellness initiatives into safety and health programs may result in a healthier, more productive workplace, new research reveals.

Don’t Separate Workplace Wellness Initiatives from Safety and Health Programs

Nutrition for Workplace Athletes

There’s no doubt that smart training helps prevent injuries. But so will a wholesome diet, filled with foods that will enable your body to mount a strong defense against muscle strains and tears. Here are three nutritional strategies to prevent injuries:

Food Rx: Eating for Injury Prevention

Safety Leadership

Building a Partnership for Prevention

The goal of occupational health and safety (OHS) programs should be to build a prevention culture that eliminates injury risk and promotes overall health and wellness of all employees. To achieve this goal, strategies for effective prevention of injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) need to be founded upon the identification and elimination of all causative factors.

Building a Partnership for Prevention