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22 Apr, 24

best practices, ergo program, Industrial, Manual handling, techniques, wellness

Creating a Culture of Ergonomics: Employee Engagement Strategies

Safety and Health Week is coming up in May, and our clients are calling on us to help them promote ergonomics in their workplaces. Fostering a culture of employee engagement in an ergonomics program involves several key strategies. Training and education: These are two different, but related things. Education provides knowledge – supervisors and managers […]

08 Aug, 23

best practices, ergo program, Manual handling, News, techniques

Games, and ergonomic work strategies

Games can help workers to learn better work practices by showing, in a fun setting, how various ergonomics principles apply.

25 Apr, 22

best practices, ergo program, News, professional development, research, training

What does an ergonomist do, behind the scenes?

When we work on-site with clients, we most often book full days, so we arrive in the morning when you do, and we leave at the end of the day. We collect data, facilitate meetings, analyse data, and write our reports, on-site. Employees often ask us where we go on the days that we are […]

best practices, Ergo at home, ergo program, News

Something for nothin’

When you hire a “consultant” you expect to pay for their time. You’re really paying for the expertise that they offer, which is like paying for all the time that they’ve invested to learn what they know so that they can help you. While we call ourselves “ergonomists” rather than “ergonomics consultants” (read why […]

15 Feb, 21

best practices, ergo program, exercise, Industrial, News, stretching, training

Starting up (or re-booting) your ergonomics program? Start here.

Monday is blog-writing day, but also a holiday, so I’m taking it easy and reviewing this new resource from the Institute for Work and Health (IWH), which is a guidance document for companies seeking to start an ergonomics program. They highlight four initiatives that have been proven to help reduce MSDs in the workplace. Of […]

03 Jan, 19

CDA, ergo program, Industrial, legislation, News

How well do your employees understand ergonomics?

Ergonomics is not new; in fact, it has been around for over 150 years (See our blog: 150 years of Ergonomics). However, even within companies with well-established ergo programs, employees often don’t really know what ergonomics is, or what it should do for them. If people don’t know what it is, they probably can’t benefit […]

awareness

Creating a Culture of Ergonomics: Employee Engagement Strategies

Games, and ergonomic work strategies

What does an ergonomist do, behind the scenes?

Something for nothin’

Starting up (or re-booting) your ergonomics program? Start here.

How well do your employees understand ergonomics?

What is ergonomics?

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