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Hauling groceries? Try this Harbour Hack!

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Carrie in Design, Ergo at home, News, Shopping, tools

The task of “getting groceries” has a very different connotation for island cottagers than for others. When we buy groceries for home, you and I typically use a grocery-store cart to transport our purchases from the store to our car, and then we transfer items from the car to the...

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Why 10 cm of forward reach matters

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, engineering, injury, News, productivity, Quality

Estimated reading time: 2:45 We are often asked to do assessments where forward reach turns out to be the most significant issue. Our recommendations often involve changes that look insignificant…we want to chisel away at this table, or nudge the part bin a bit closer, or reinstall two pieces of...

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How to keep your existing office furniture and make it a sit/stand desk

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, Ergo at home, News, Office Ergo

If you have furniture in your home office that you want to keep, but you’re yearning for the option to stand, you might be considering some portable products. Desk top models that sit on top of an existing desk typically make the typing surface too high for sitting, because most...

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Lean and mean?

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Carrie in best practices, Design, engineering, ergo program, Industrial, injury, Manual handling, News

How the elimination of “waste” from production is increasing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) amongst workers. by Karen Hoodless I recently attended a webinar given by Dr. Patrick Neumann (Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Ryerson University), where he “Exposes the link between MSDs and...

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How are you affected by poor ergo design?

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, Industrial, Manual handling, News, PPE, tools, training

If workplaces were designed ergonomically, there would be fewer injuries, people would be more productive, and the quality of their work would be better. Don’t believe me? I challenged myself to come up with an everyday example of poor ergonomic design, for each of the design guidelines in our course....

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