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Case Study: How Warm-up Stretching Helped a Large Distribution Facility Reduce Recordables by 80%

Ready to implement a warm-up stretching program at your facility? Learn how a best practice approach leads to exceptional results.

Case Study: How Warm-up Stretching Helped a Large Distribution Facility Reduce Recordables by 80%

Ergonomics

Help Your Mobile Workforce

“A report published in May 2014 provides strong evidence that employees are placing themselves at risk of a range of health-related conditions while working on a computer away from the office and, in particular, while working at home.”
Help Your Mobile Workforce

Single- and Dual-Monitor Computer Setup: Ergonomic Tips

“Everything about your computer setup – from the environment, chair, desk, mouse, keyboard and other items – should be designed and positioned based on the tasks you perform and your specific body measurements and personal factors.”
Single- and Dual-Monitor Computer Setup: Ergonomic Tips

Workplace Athlete Health

Work Breaks, Exercise and Stretches

Taking rest breaks is necessary to ensure the performance of the musculoskeletal system. This article contains rest and micro break suggestions, exercise suggestions and additional resources.
Work Breaks, Exercise and Stretches

OSHA Technical Page on Back Injuries and Disorders

“Although back injuries account for no work-related deaths, they do account for a significant amount of human suffering, loss of productivity, and economic burden on compensation systems. Back disorders are one of the leading causes of disability for people in their working years and afflict over 600,000 employees each year with a cost of about $50 billion annually in 1991 according to NIOSH. The frequency and economic impact of back injuries and disorders on the work force are expected to increase over the next several decades as the average age of the work force increases and medical costs go up.”
OSHA Technical Page on Back Injuries and Disorders

Safety Leadership

Early Detection, Early Response

Having a heart attack, organ failure or death would all be lagging indicators. Blood pressure is a leading indicator and an early detection, early response metric. It is also a transformative, value-focused measurement. Injuries and incidents prompt an organization to react, and some, while well-intentioned, over-react. What is needed for further breakthroughs throughout the safety industry are better early detection indicators so we can respond proactively.
Early Detection, Early Response