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ASSP: “Get Behind Total Worker Health”

“Approaching our workforces through the TWH lens requires that we develop organizational policies, programs and practices that focus on promoting workers’ overall safety, health and well-being. These programs benefit not only our employees and their families, but also our employers, our communities and the economy as a whole. By taking a TWH approach, we can holistically address work-related environmental and organizational factors that affect, positively or negatively, our workers’ health and well-being.”

ASSP: “Get Behind Total Worker Health”

Ergonomics

Single- and Dual-Monitor Computer Setup: Ergonomic Tips

“Everything about your computer setup – from the environment, chair, desk, mouse, keyboard and other items – should be designed and positioned based on the tasks you perform and your specific body measurements and personal factors.”

Single- and Dual-Monitor Computer Setup: Ergonomic Tips

The Value of Ergonomics — How Ergonomics Improves Product Quality

Poor ergonomics leads to frustrated and fatigued workers that don’t do their best work. Think about it — high task repetition, excessive force requirements, and awkward postures make job tasks more difficult for workers. When the job task is too physically taxing on the worker, they may not perform their job like they were trained.

The Value of Ergonomics — How Ergonomics Improves Product Quality

Workplace Athlete Health

The Causes of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)

The only way to prevent something is to know what caused it, understand what caused it and then systematically eliminate those causes. This is a foundational lesson because it is so vitally important that you understand what causes MSDs. This is where we see safety leaders get mixed up, and then spend precious resources trying to fix a problem they don’t fully understand.

The Causes of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)

Taking a Comprehensive Approach

“Clearly there is a close relationship between ergonomics and wellness, and companies that operate them independently could be missing out on a huge potential synergy. Improving wellness will inevitably improve safety, while improving safety will inevitably improve wellness. Integrating ergonomics and wellness activities will create and environment in which both will be optimized.”

Wellness and Ergonomics – Why We Should Care

Safety Leadership

Safety Metrics: The Big Picture

What is the best measure of safety performance? Is it the traditional recordable rate, severity rate, cost of accidents, near miss numbers, physical audit scores, behavioral observation percent safe, or perception surveys??? The best answer may be “D. All of the above.”

Safety Metrics: The Big Picture