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Three Dirty Words — Repetitive Motion Injury
The use of the term “repetitive motion injury” is commonplace within the medical and ergonomic industries. This is not accurate and is a barrier to building a prevention culture.
Three Dirty Words — Repetitive Motion Injury
Ergonomics
The Ultimate Guide to Workplace Ergonomics
Ergonomics at work can seem like a complicated (and almost impossible) discipline for safety mangers to take on. After all, you already wear so many hats and there is only so much time in the day. With that in mind, we’ve put together this resource list so you can get the ball rolling without getting too frustrated.
The Ultimate Guide to Workplace Ergonomics
Should You Involve Team Members in the Ergonomics Process?
Have you been considering whether or not you should involve team members on the shop floor in the ergonomics process? Is it a good idea? Read this article to find out what seven ergonomics experts have to say on the subject.
Should You Involve Team Members in the Ergonomics Process?
Workplace Athlete Health
Safety and Wellness: The Critical Connection
There is a direct connection between safety and wellness, yet most companies treat these as separate initiatives and manage them in separate departments, using separate programs, budgets, measures, and reward systems. This is not an insignificant issue, because without properly connecting them under one integrated system, accidents, injuries, and lost productivity often result, as well as higher labor and insurance costs.
Safety and Wellness: The Critical Connection
The Role of a Workplace Athletic Trainer: Injury Prevention Specialist
Many of the common injuries in sports are also common in the workplace setting. An athletic trainer specializes in the treatment and prevention of those injuries, and that is why an athletic trainer is so valuable in the workplace.
The Role of a Workplace Athletic Trainer: Injury Prevention Specialist
Safety Leadership
Become A Safety Leader
Developing safety leaders in your business can mean the difference between marginal and world-class results. It long has been accepted that successful programs push the responsibility for safety down into the organization, utilizing the power of many to foster a safe work environment. In most cases, this requires line supervisors and all employees to take on additional responsibility in an already stretched workforce.
