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NIOSH Lifting Equation Example – Product Packaging
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 – Product Packaging
Ergonomics
Workplace Ergonomics – Lower Costs and Boost Productivity
What are other companies doing with respect to ergonomics and what do their results look like? How can you find the time and resources to execute this process at your facility? These are some of the questions you may be asking about ergonomics. We’ve put together this tutorial to help you answer these questions (and more) and to help you get your ergonomics process off the ground.
Workplace Ergonomics – Lower Costs and Boost Productivity
OSHA’s Elements of Ergonomics Programs – Step 1: Identify Risk Factors
“Workplace conditions contribute to physical and psychological stress and can negatively affect the musculoskeletal system. Physical stress comes from the force, repetition and postures required in job tasks.”
Ergonomics Step 1 – Identify Risk Factors
Workplace Athlete Health
The 5-Step Human Performance and Ergonomics Training Checklist
Ergonomics training doesn’t have to be as complicated as rocket science or brain surgery, but it can be a little tricky to get all the right pieces in place to achieve sustainable results. So today, we’re offering a 5-step checklist to get you started on the right foundation. This checklist can serve as a good review of our ergonomics training and education series.
The 5-Step Human Performance and Ergonomics Training Checklist
Wrist Injury Prevention 101
Each day we use the muscles and tendons in the wrist and hand to perform various upper extremity tasks. The physical stress and strain to these muscles and tendons can produce microscopic wear and fatigue to these tendons and muscles. As long as the amount of fatigue is lower than the body’s ability to recover, the soft tissues in the wrist will remain healthy. But too much strain and fatigue, coupled with too little repair, can lead to inflammation and eventually a painful and costly musculoskeletal disorder (MSD).
Safety Leadership
Separating Safety and Production?
Even with good intentions, separating the concepts of safety and production can create a competition between them that is totally counterproductive. Prioritizing safety over productivity reinforces the idea they are separate priorities. Safety needs to be postured as a component of production, not a competing priority. As long as safety is mentally separated from work, the problem continues. To achieve excellent performance, safety must be the way you work, and safe production must become a mindset and behavioral reality.
Separating Safety and Production?
