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Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Guidelines by Industry
Looking for specific ergonomics and injury prevention guidance for your industry? Look no further. We’ve compiled an extensive library of industry-specific ergonomics and injury prevention guidelines on this page. (In fact, you might consider bookmarking this page for future reference.)
Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Guidelines by Industry
Ergonomics
How to Engage Your People in a Proactive Ergonomics Process
Learn how to engage people throughout your organization and embed proactive ergonomics directly into the culture.
How to Engage Your People in a Proactive Ergonomics Process
Obesity and Ergonomics
“This study suggests that having ergonomic (adjustable) workstations is not enough to offset the effects of being overweight and obese on the human body. There appears to be a definite need to incorporate/combine wellness programs/activities with ergonomic efforts.”
The Effect of Obesity on Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders While Having Ergonomic Workstations
Workplace Athlete Health
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
The Case for Total Worker Health
“As we work together to confront the challenges facing the American workforce, NIOSH believes that integrating the protection of worker health and safety with evidence-based health promotion will be a key strategy for building a strong economy on the foundation of safe jobs and healthy workers.”
Research Compendium — The NIOSH Total Worker Health Program: Seminal Research Papers
Safety Leadership
The Four Elements of Effective Measurement
Companies waste countless resources measuring the wrong things, not measuring at all, or failing to keep “the most important thing, the most important thing.” So often, safety strategy falls short of defining what a healthy safety process looks like in precise, measurable terms that lead to action and enable a prescriptive approach to safety efforts in the workplace.
The Four Elements of Effective Measurement
