Have you done anything to lighten the load and reduce workers’ risk of musculoskeletal injury? If so, here’s a chance for BC workers and employers to share their stories during October Occupational Ergonomics Month.
Category: Health & safety solutions
“It isn’t a meeting. It isn’t training. This is just a quick touching of bases to make sure everyone knows what they need to know, so they can get on the same page. “
Do smartphone apps have enough accuracy to collect and document noise exposure data? This is a question received many times by NIOSH noise researchers – so they did a pilot study to find out more.
Here in BC, people speak many different languages, so it’s important to have the right safety signs at work.
Twenty-three fallers in Smith Inlet, BC, Canada are taking part in a pilot study to learn more about how they sleep.
Lack of sleep is a serious safety issue for workers in all industries. Find out more from a fatigue management expert who sees three main reasons for lack of zzzzz.
Risk of injury and property damage goes down while employee morale goes up as they see their well-being put above financial costs.
Risk of injury and property damage goes down while employee morale goes up as they see their well-being put above financial costs.
It can lead to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and dying prematurely. Too much sitting – at computers, while commuting, and at home – not only leads to back and neck pain, but also has a chemical effect as sugars and toxins build up in in our too-still muscles.
Congrats to ESCO Coquitlam – winner of WorkSafeBC’s 2013 Ergonomics Innovation contest. One worker said the solution offers “a night and day difference” – quite a review, I’d say!
