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Ergonomic Design Considerations From Head to Toe

A workplace ergonomics process systematically identifies and minimizes ergonomic risk factors. Following are ergonomic design considerations for different parts of the body, from head to toe. Each body part has its potential musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic design principles for prevention.
 
Ergonomic Design Considerations From Head to Toe

Ergonomics

A Step-by-Step Guide to the REBA Assessment Tool

Learn how to use the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool to evaluate whole body postural MSD risks.
 
A Step-by-Step Guide to the REBA Assessment Tool

A Better Approach to Musculoskeletal Health Management

Most organizations lack a critical piece of context about musculoskeletal health, and some organizations miss it entirely. Here it is: managing musculoskeletal health well is a huge opportunity that impacts the entire business. It impacts the areas you would expect it to like safety and wellness, yes, but it can also have a dramatic impact in other areas like productivity, company culture, and brand reputation.
 
A Better Approach to Musculoskeletal Health Management

Workplace Athlete Health

Download a Free Collection of Workplace Athlete Educational Handouts

If the employees at your company use their bodies to earn a living, then they are what we call workplace athletes. They need to be educated and trained accordingly. Download a collection of one-page educational handouts to teach the workplace athletes under your care to adopt good work practices and healthy lifestyle habits.
 

Download a Free Collection of Workplace Athlete Educational Handouts
 

Posture and Mood

Slouched posture is very common and tends to increase access to helpless, hopeless, powerless and depressive thoughts as well as increased head, neck and shoulder pain. Described are five educational and clinical strategies that therapists can incorporate in their practice to encourage an upright/erect posture.
 
Posture and mood: implications and applications to health and therapy
 

Safety Leadership

Safety Technology Roadmap

A year ago, I wrote about updating your safety programs and processes to meet the challenges of Industry 4.0. I mentioned the technologies that are, in part, driving this new industrial revolution. Now I would like to challenge each organization to at least begin planning for these new technologies by formulating a projection of which ones should be adopted in what order. Obviously, such a plan will have to be flexible since the technologies are progressing so rapidly and their prices are dropping so quickly, but such a plan can help provide a potential roadmap for navigating the changes Industry 4.0 will inevitably bring.
 
Safety Technology Roadmap