Manual handling

30 Mar, 26

Celebrate Springs (the season AND the mechanical device)

If you’ve been following along, you know I can’t resist a good pun. Now that spring has sprung, it’s a good time to highlight how mechanical springs are used to support ergonomic design. In ergonomics, springs are often used to control force, maintain optimal working height, absorb vibration, or assist movement. Each of these functions […]
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09 Mar, 26

Designing a better harvest bag: An ergonomics study from Mexico

I’ve been staying in Mexico, where limes are everywhere here—served in drinks and squeezed over nearly every dish. That made me curious about the ergonomics of harvesting them. Naturally, I was intrigued by a recent research paper by Arroyo-Huerta and colleagues examining the lime harvest. In Mexico, approximately 1.6 million workers harvest more than 6 […]
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13 Feb, 26

Lifting isn’t just a work problem

When we talk about lifting, most people picture warehouses, construction sites, or manufacturing environments. We think about boxes, pallets, and maybe even lifting load limits. But for many people, the most frequent and most physically demanding lifting we do doesn’t happen at work at all. It happens at home, with family. Family Day prompts us […]
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15 Sep, 25

Making Ergonomics Easy to Teach — and Easy to Use

Half of your workplace injuries are strains and sprains — Do half of your safety talks focus on ergonomics? Safety professionals know these injuries drain productivity, morale, and budgets. What if you had ready-to-go, interactive training kits that workers actually remembered and used — and the results were measurable? We’re so confident our microlearning kits […]
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10 Jun, 25

Lift assist devices

written by Christina Timmons Credit to Joey Prange MS HFE, AEP,  Tesla (Presented at the Applied Ergonomics Conference, 2025, in Orlando, Florida) Lift assist image above used with permission of Givens Engineering Inc., London, ON. From an ergonomics standpoint, lift assists offer a mechanical advantage for lifting awkward and heavy loads. The goal when implementing […]
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26 May, 25

Retail, you’re next! What can the retail sector expect from the MLITSD blitz?

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the leading cause of lost-time injuries in Ontario’s workplaces. With the MLITSD’s upcoming blitz focused on retail, businesses have a narrow window to prepare. What lessons can be learned from last year’s campaign—and how can you avoid becoming a statistic? The Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS) recently announced that the […]
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