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Issue 256

Ergonomics

Warehouse Ergonomics Tips

“Musculoskeletal injuries occurred twice as frequently in the warehousing and storage industry as in general private industry, with 78.1 and 35.5 injuries respectively per 10,000 workers.”

Warehouse Ergonomics/Tips And Techniques To Decrease Injury Risk

Selecting the Right Ergonomic Assessment Tool

Learn how to select the correct ergonomic risk assessment tool for the jobs you are evaluating in your workplace.

How to Select the Correct Ergonomic Risk Assessment Tool

Workplace Athlete Health

Comprehensive Injury Prevention

The most common and costly injuries, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), continue to block you from your goal. It’s frustrating for the workplace athletes, the organization, and for you, the safety leader. These unmet goals can be achieved (and the frustration of all parties avoided) with a successful MSD prevention process.

The 4 Essential Elements of Effective Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Prevention

Help Your Mobile Workforce

“A report published in May 2014 provides strong evidence that employees are placing themselves at risk of a range of health-related conditions while working on a computer away from the office and, in particular, while working at home.”

How to prevent health risks to “nomadic” workers

Safety Leadership

Safety Leaders: More Coaching, Less Policing

“Working only to obey the rules and wear PPE typically creates minimaleffort safety cultures without proactive employees.”

For Sustainable Safety, Leaders Must Do More Coaching, Less Policing