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NIOSH Lifting Equation Example – Package Inspection
The following NIOSH Lifting Equation Example is from the NIOSH Lifting Equation Applications Manual and has been adapted to show the proper use of the NIOSH Lifting Equation inside the ErgoPlus Platform. In addition, this example shows how this tool can be used to evaluate body mechanics recommendations and ergonomic redesign suggestions.
NIOSH Lifting Equation Example – Package Inspection
Ergonomics
Proactive Ergonomics: Design with Ergonomics in Mind
The most cost-effective approach to ergonomics is to establish a robust proactive program. Keeping ergonomics in mind during the design and planning of new work processes will save you both time and money in the long run.
Proactive Ergonomics: Design with Ergonomics in Mind
Employee Safety Training Courses and Support Materials
Need sample ergonomics training content? Here are a few ergonomics training PowerPoint files from HR BLR.
Employee Safety Training Courses and Support Materials
Workplace Athlete Health
Video — Workplace Athletic Trainers for Workplace Athletes
Following the analogy of the workplace athlete, it is a natural extension to bring the athletic trainer to the workplace to play the role of maintaining peak performance for all workplace athletes. With in-depth knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of the human body, athletic trainers are in a unique position to work with companies to take care of employees’ musculoskeletal systems and overall wellness.
Video — Workplace Athletic Trainers for Workplace Athletes
Workplace Drug Overdoses Drive Need for Action
As the substance abuse rates rise due to increased opioid use, preventing workplace overdose fatalities is increasingly becoming a reality for employers. The Kentucky Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation (FACE) Program has issued a hazard alert after 2017 data showed five employees overdosed in the workplace, or 7.4% of the state’s 68 workplace fatalities.
Workplace Drug Overdoses Drive Need for Action
Safety Leadership
Fallacies in the Safety Fable
“Safety management has developed its own fable. It goes something like this: The way to manage safety is to provide workers with a safe working environment, good safety rules and awareness training. Supervisors and safety professionals should enforce safety rules, reward safe employees, and investigate accidents to determine the root cause so similar accidents can be prevented. When such a program is working well accident rates will go down. Although it appears true on the surface, this fable has it’s own set of fallacies that can influence our thinking on how to design and implement safety management programs.”
