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NIOSH Study Highlights Ergonomics of Bag Palletizing

“The specific task of manual bag handling can lead to the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), especially in the lower back. This is particularly true if the design of the workplace layout is poor and does not provide appropriate materials handling aids, such as lift tables.”

NIOSH Study Highlights Ergonomics of Bag Palletizing
 

Ergonomics

Ergonomics & Productivity in the Distribution Center

It goes without saying that productivity should be a key area of focus in the distribution center. After all, a productive DC is a profitable DC. But productivity doesn’t always mean harder work. In the words of the late Henry Ford, “Improved productivity means less sweat – not more.”
Ergonomics & Productivity in the Distribution Center

The Ultimate Guide to Office Ergonomics

Clearly, the sedentary lifestyles of many of today’s workers are posing serious health challenges and costs to people and businesses across the country. It’s not all doom and gloom though. Smart companies are meeting these challenges head on with a proactive approach. Part of this approach is to implement an office ergonomics program.

The Ultimate Guide to Office Ergonomics

Workplace Athlete Health

Ten Tips for Improving Posture and Ergonomics

Poor posture can easily become second nature, causing and aggravating episodes of back and neck pain and damaging spinal structures. Fortunately, the main factors affecting posture and ergonomics are completely within one’s ability to control and are not difficult to change.

Ten Tips for Improving Posture and Ergonomics

How to Prevent Risks to Nomadic Workers

Workers are becoming increasingly “nomadic” in where they work thanks to the availability of mobile technology. But employers are not providing the same risk assessments and support for these employees as they do for those in traditional office-based work.

How to Prevent Risks to Nomadic Workers

Safety Leadership

Questioning the Key Pieces of Safety Strategy

Sadly, more corporate safety initiatives are based on history than on strategy. The old adage, “We have always done it this way,” is used to justify existing efforts and hide the need for seeking better methods. Most organizations continue to manage safety the way they always have until the lagging indicators send them a wake-up call. Then, most respond by finding scapegoats or by adding more effort, rather than thoroughly examining their existing efforts. Thus, flawed or lacking safety strategies are perpetuated indefinitely.

Questioning the Key Pieces of Safety Strategy