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Warehouse Ergonomics/Tips and Techniques to Decrease Injury Risk
Workers in transportation and warehousing experience nearly twice as many musculoskeletal injuries as other workers in private industry.
Warehouse Ergonomics/Tips And Techniques To Decrease Injury Risk
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. So what is ergonomics? What are the benefits? How do you get started? How can you get the management support and resources you need to create a successful process? The questions go on and on, and we’re about to answer a lot of them, with a little help from some friends …
The Ultimate Guide to Workplace Ergonomics
10 Tips for Effective Prevention
Good ergonomic design is the solution to prevent musculoskeletal injuries. Ergonomics helps employers design jobs or workplaces to match workers’ capabilities and limitations. Making adjustments to protect workers need not be costly, difficult or frustrating. Here are ten tips employers can use to protect their workers and their company’s bottom line:
10 Tips for Effective Prevention
Workplace Athlete Health
Working in the ‘Power Zone’ (and Other Safe Material Handling Tips for Retailers)
In “Ergonomic Solutions for Retailers,” NIOSH highlights a number of strategies that grocery stores and other retail establishments can make to protect workers from musculoskeletal injuries when moving materials from the delivery truck to the sales floor.
Working in the ‘Power Zone’ (and Other Safe Material Handling Tips for Retailers)
Free Wellness Handout — Reducing Stress in the Workplace
Stress has many adverse effects to your overall health and well being. Some of the early warning signs of stress are: headaches, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating, short temper, upset stomach, job dissatisfaction and low morale. In addition to these symptoms, according to NIOSH, stress puts you at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, psychological disorders and workplace injury.
Free Wellness Handout — Reducing Stress in the Workplace
Safety Leadership
The Elephant Safety Leader
In addition to stifling input, elephant leaders often blindly allow and reinforce unsafe organizational behavior as long as production quotas are met. They promote good producers despite poor safety performance and punish or demote less productive people even if they excel at safety. The unspoken message is that production is king and safety is a nuisance that must be given lip service but will not impact your career. When the elephant’s direct reports get this message, they tend to pass it along to the troops. Workers learn to speak well of safety but never to put it above production. This can lead to the dichotomous thinking that safety and productivity are mutually exclusive, and one must choose which to give priority.
