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11 Apr, 23

assessment, ergo program, Industrial, News, productivity, Quality

20 Questions for Supervisors, to uncover the cost of ergonomics issues

Supervisors are an untapped resource of information about the costs associated with ergonomics issues. These questions can help you to understand how an ergo intervention might save the company money.

cost-justifying physical and cognitive demands analyses

03 Apr, 23

assessment, CDA, Industrial, News, return-to-work, safety, work hardening

How can PCDAs save you money?

(Would you rather watch than read? Video version here: https://youtu.be/1euljH9RrRw ) Physical and cognitive demands analyses (PCDAs), in contrast to ergo assessments, provide only a summary of job requirements. They don’t include an analysis of injury risk or recommendations to reduce those risks. So technically, they don’t directly result in improvements to a job. How could […]

13 Mar, 23

best practices, News, techniques, training, wellness

Somebody’s watching me…and I’m sitting straighter

Sometimes you get that feeling, like someone is watching you. And maybe that makes you sit up straighter. Our Social Media team had some fun with that theme, creating some videos that we’ll share over the next few months. We used our life-size wooden mannequin to represent an “ergo” monitor. The images above were clipped […]

06 Mar, 23

assessment, Industrial, News, Office Ergo, productivity, Quality

How does an employee ergo survey help?

We use surveys to gather information from people we do not have an opportunity to meet personally, perhaps because they work on other shifts, or in remote locations. We also use surveys when we want to give people time to consider their responses. This article focuses on the value of pre-assessment surveys in an industrial environment.

13 Feb, 23

Driving, Ergo at home, News

Ergonomics for our furry family members

Ergonomics can be applied to the design of products for pets.

06 Feb, 23

assessment, best practices, Industrial, News, safety, techniques, training

More than one way to skin a cat and [do other things too]

Ewwww! I don’t like that metaphor either. But gore aside, workers often find the “best way” to do a task. And ergonomists are sometimes asked to evaluate alternative methods. How do we do this? We use objective analysis tools to compare methods. Some ergonomists use motion capture tools, which evaluate how much time is spent […]

30 Jan, 23

best practices, ergonomics of ergonomics, Manual handling, News, techniques

Bon voyage! How to safely lift carry-on luggage into the overhead bin

regonomics way to load carryon luggage to overhead bin

16 Jan, 23

anthropometry, assessment, Industrial, injury, Manual handling, News

“Don’t worry. We don’t have any women on this job.”

Sigh. I suppose we should worry less, when heavy jobs are performed only by stronger workers. But, truth be told, what ergonomists hear is, “We know this is a really heavy job. Our solution is to hire the biggest, strongest people we can find. We don’t expect any woman to want the job. We don’t […]

20 Questions for Supervisors, to uncover the cost of ergonomics issues

How can PCDAs save you money?

Somebody’s watching me…and I’m sitting straighter

How does an employee ergo survey help?

Ergonomics for our furry family members

More than one way to skin a cat and [do other things too]

Bon voyage! How to safely lift carry-on luggage into the overhead bin

“Don’t worry. We don’t have any women on this job.”

What is ergonomics?

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