Discover what restaurant servers can teach us about ergonomics—and how the right serving tray design and carrying technique can reduce strain and improve safety.
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 […]
Did your mother ever tell you that sitting too close to the TV would ruin your vision? Have you wondered whether sitting at a computer all day—much closer than you used to sit cross-legged in front of the TV—is harming your eyes? For safety professionals, ergonomists, and HR teams, this isn’t just a passing thought—it’s […]
Job rotation refers to the practice of assigning workers to different jobs throughout the day, most commonly moving from one job to another after breaks and lunch. Job rotation is often touted as a strategy to improve workforce flexibility and reduce injury rates. But does rotating workers between different tasks actually lower the risk of […]
If you’ve been driving for hours, you know that you should pull over, get out, and move around. If you’ve been raking leaves for an hour, you need to stretch. If you’ve been staring at a screen for hours, shouldn’t you give your eyes a break? If your back aches just thinking about shoveling snow, […]
This article outlines five key metrics HR professionals can use to measure the success of ergonomics programs, focusing on injury reduction, productivity, work quality, employee satisfaction, and cost savings.
This article explores solutions and best practices for addressing strain/sprain injury hazards associated with heavy lifting and material handling in manufacturing. Heavy lifting is a common problem in many industries. Ergonomists aim to ensure that tasks are safe for at least 75% of the population. Ergonomics assessment tools indicate that almost all lifts greater than […]
Last year, Ontario's WSIB accepted 94 claims for “Heat and light effects including heat stroke, fatigue and syncope”. Unlike strain/sprain injuries, people can die from overexposure to heat stress. So please don’t take the topic too lightly.