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20 Mar, 17

Check it out – Ergonomics and Cashiers

Do you ever worry about the demands of the cashier who has to handle every item that you eat in a week? We do. And not just because we’ve been hired to! So do academics, apparently. Researchers from the Universities of Waterloo, Laurentian, and Arizona State recently published a paper in the International Journal of Industrial […]
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11 Jan, 17

A prescription for ergo assessment

CBC recently reported that some physicians have started writing prescriptions for physical activity.  Dr. Michael Rutledge, a Medical Officer of Health for Southern Health in Manitoba, identified exercise as “a wonder drug that can treat dozens of diseases including diabetes, hypertension and obesity….[with] no negative side effects”. He feels that more serious conversations need to […]
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19 Dec, 16

Update on my baking experiment: “Ergo” oven gloves?

More gingerbread men marched through our oven on the weekend, and so I had an opportunity to complete the product trials that I had planned. After my last e-news entry, I ordered three new pairs of oven mitts, optimistic that I could avoid adding “indented belly buttons” to my gingerbread men. Alas, I have small hands, which […]
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07 Sep, 16

Ergonomic landscaping products

Recently, we came across a new style of base block (used to build the bottom layer of a wall). These stones have cut-out handles that the vendor claims will “save time and money with improved jobsite efficiency”. We are not experienced landscapers, but we do happen to know a few. Although he hasn’t actually used […]
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08 Aug, 16

Coping with heat

Do you feel like a melting wax candle when you step outside your door? Here are some tips for coping with heat and humidity, at home or at work: Hydrate! Sweat helps you cool off, when it evaporates from your skin. But you can’t sweat if you are de-hydrated. Drink water, before you get thirsty. […]
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Brick Layer
11 Jul, 16

How an ergonomist can save you money

I suspect that few things are more frustrating to an engineer than fielding complaints from workers on a brand new line. An engineer or project manager who has just spent months attending to the many, many, many details of a new project may not be receptive to the type of “constructive” feedback that workers have to […]
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