MSD

27 May, 24

assessment, best practices, Industrial, injury, legislation, Manual handling, safety

Enhancing material handling safety: Insights from the Webinar about MLITSD’s 2024-2025 Campaign

Callum and Carrie participated in last week’s webinar, hosted by WSPS and the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD). The webinar was aimed at helping companies and safety managers prepare for the Ministry’s current (April 2024-March 31, 2025) material handling focus. Here’s what we learned, and how we can help. Struck by […]

28 Dec, 23

assessment, best practices, ergo program, exercise, Industrial, injury, Manual handling, News, productivity, Quality, return-to-work, safety, stretching, techniques, training

MSD prevention in 2024

This article reviews the steps to successfully reducing MSD injuries in 2024.

09 Jan, 23

best practices, Industrial, injury, Manual handling, News, productivity, return-to-work, safety, techniques, training, work hardening

Why do smart people do foolish things?

When you hear about someone who was hurt doing something silly, be sure to ask why....over and over until you find the real reason.

assessment, Design, ergo program, heat stress, Industrial, injury, Manual handling, News, PDA, productivity, Quality, return-to-work, safety, training

You know you need an ergonomist when…

Why do clients call us? Typically, organizations call us: when they need to build a library of physical and cognitive demands analyses after employees report discomfort or injury that they attribute to a job when the supervisor, HR Manager, JHSC, and Safety Professional are not able to identify a practical solution to the concern when […]

11 Jun, 21

injury, News, productivity, Quality

How an employee ergo survey can power your program

When a client asks for “proof” that our services reduce injury rates, I am sadly at a loss. We can point to research that proves the effectiveness of various types of interventions (Goggins et al, 2008 being a favourite ), but we have precious little proof of how effective our own projects have been. Why […]

MSD

Enhancing material handling safety: Insights from the Webinar about MLITSD’s 2024-2025 Campaign

MSD prevention in 2024

Why do smart people do foolish things?

You know you need an ergonomist when…

How an employee ergo survey can power your program

What is ergonomics?

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