Industrial – Page 16 – Taylor'd Ergonomics

02 Feb, 15

Ergo at home, Industrial, News, Shopping

Gloves vs. mittens: What does ergonomics have to say?

In our house, we are divided down gender lines…the girls prefer mittens and the boys want gloves. But which are truly warmer? Mittens keep the fingers together, which allows them to keep each other warm. Gloves insulate each finger from its neighbours. If you wanted to keep the hands cool, this would be a good […]

25 Jan, 15

ergo program, Industrial, News, Office Ergo

“Recalculating route”…planning your ergonomics program for 2015

You’re driving along under the guidance of your friendly GPS, and you miss your turn. (Sometimes “turn now” turns out to have meant “turn in a few seconds”….). In my last car, my GPS was fond of pointing out that I’d made a mistake, and promptly advised me to, “Make a legal U-turn.” The new […]

29 Dec, 14

Industrial, News, Office Ergo

Tackling the sitting epidemic: Positive feedback on the Posiflex UpRight stand stool

Over the holidays, we received a “Posiflex UpRight stand stool” in our office for a trial. I have two workstations in my office – one for sitting and one for standing. I bought the standing station before it was cost-effective for a worksurface to be raised and lowered without a crank. Therefore, I keep it […]

24 Nov, 14

Ergo at home, Industrial, Shopping

How to have happy winter feet

Winter is approaching (well, approaching last week, and receding today, but it will be back!), and it’s time to pull out the winter footwear. In the fall, it’s fun to pull on the boots, but when the white stuff comes, we realise that, just like we need winter tires, we also need winter footwear. If you […]

anthropometry, Design, Industrial, Manual handling

Design for extremes

Our last blog talked about “designing for average”, but designing for average doesn’t just mean thinking about height; we also need to consider age and weight. Josie recently tuned in to Humantech’s Webinar on Designing the Workplace for the Aging and Obese Population… kind of a touchy subject. But the presentation definitely reminded us of […]