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The Powerful Advantage of a Proactive Ergonomics Process
A proactive ergonomics process identifies and reduces ergonomic risk factors before injuries occur.
The Powerful Advantage of a Proactive Ergonomics Process
Ergonomics
Ergonomic Tips for a Healthier Workspace
Eyestrain? Sore back? It is amazing how making even small tweaks to office furnishings or work habits can make you more comfortable. To reduce your risk of injury, and improve your performance, consider these ten practical ergonomic tips for your workspace — and work style.
Ergonomic Tips for a Healthier Workspace
58 Helpful Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Resources for Manual Material Handling
Manual material handling environments can be stressful on the bodies of workplace athletes. Help the workplace athletes at your distribution center stay safe, healthy, and productive with these helpful ergonomics and injury prevention resources.
58 Helpful Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Resources for Manual Material Handling
Workplace Athlete Health
Why a Workplace Athlete Program is Essential in Manual Material Handling Environments
Implementing a Workplace Athlete program at your warehouse/DC is an important step to keeping your people healthy and performing well.
Why a Workplace Athlete Program is Essential in Manual Material Handling Environments
The Importance of Proper Body Mechanics – Keeping Your Spine Healthy
Body mechanics is a term used to describe the ways we move as we go about our daily lives. It includes how we hold our bodies when we sit, stand, lift, carry, bend, and sleep. Poor body mechanics are often the cause of back problems. When we don’t move correctly and safely, the spine is subjected to abnormal stresses that over time can lead to degeneration of spinal structures like discs and joints, injury, and unnecessary wear and tear.
The Importance of Proper Body Mechanics – Keeping Your Spine Healthy
Safety Leadership
Six Critical Soft Skills for Effective Safety Leadership
High-growth organizations understand they must invest in and maximize the “human capital” of their workforce just as they do the physical assets. Developing soft skills in all employees is one part of the larger human capital agenda. To be an effective safety leader soft skills are as important as technical know-how in growing and developing a workforce. These skills also are critical to an organization’s productivity, success, and performance—more so in a tough economy and a competitive business landscape.
Six Critical Soft Skills for Effective Safety Leadership
