At booth 1911, industry professionals are giving demonstrations every half hour with volunteer attendees as their patients.
The company's Delaware Fulfillment Center in New Castle predominately warehouses books and music CDs, with 450 employees servicing millions of online customers.
Don’t be soft on soft-tissue injuries. These problems—typically, strains and sprains to the back, shoulders, neck, and other areas—plague numerous organizations and, even worse, often escalate as workforces age. Initially, many companies try to injury-proof the workplace, from ergonomic design fixes to job redesign/ rotation.
Making and keeping the workplace safe and healthy will be the focus of the 5th annual "Safety Day, June 12, in Pewaukee, Wis.
The American Heart Association estimates hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects about 73 million people ages 20 and older. In 2004, according to AHA, high blood pressure was the cause of death for 54,707 people in the United States.
"If we can provide physical therapists and others the ability to anticipate, identify, and eliminate work-related hazards, we will get much closer to eliminating job-related injuries," said Michael Connors, OSHA's regional director in Chicago.
OSHA recently renewed its alliance with the Forging Industry of America (FIA), which will focus on issues related to ergonomics and machine guarding in the forging industry.
"Make a Difference" is the theme of the National Safety Council's 2008 National Safety Month observance and a call to action to reverse the increase in accidental injuries and deaths.
The ergonomics document involved numerous contributors and showcased simple solutions for typical construction tasks that cause musculoskeletal disorders.
I don’t know how I lived without the scroll wheel on my computer mouse. In this day and age of never having enough time for anything, this one tiny item allows me to quickly scroll through a document or a Web page at blazing speeds as my ADHD demands more and more.
There’s a battle going on among professionals conducting office ergonomic evaluations, and you may not even be aware of it. Often, one of the hardest things for a professional is to change the way you do things—to change what you recommend to your clients. But this is exactly what we must do when we learn about research with practical applications.
"We recommend the general population and workers not wear lumbar supports to prevent low back pain or for the management of low back pain," said lead author Ingrid van Duijvenbode.
A $10,000 stipend comes with the medal, which will be given for an original paper demonstrating innovation and impact. Appliactions are due by May 31.
As most safety people know, ergonomics is the science of fitting job tasks, workstations, and equipment to individual workers. Ergonomics looks at all aspects of a job, from the design of tools, tasks, and equipment to adequate lighting and how the overall workstation is set up. And its principles can be applied everywhere—in the workplace, at home, and to recreational activities.
Digital employees and virtual assembly are testing job tasks and the manufacturing feasibility of each part before physical prototypes are built.
A new contract for 10,000 nurses ups wages and for the first time limits mandatory shift rotation.