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How many risk exposures can you find in the open-floorplan shared-workstation picture here?  Despite the modern furniture and equipment, they are risks exposures which underpin the

We’ve seen some significant large-scale studies published in recent years confirming irrefutable disruptive health issues, for the average otherwise-healthy population, resulting from sustained static postures

It’s well-understood how chronic stress inflicts many impacts on employees, management, processes, collaboration and of course the bottom line – so how do experts leverage Ergonomics Best Practices to help employees learn to cope and live with it more comfortably? In search of simple mitigation strategies, we’ll explore how stress directly factors into the development of Musculoskeletal Disorders and why employers are justifiably concerned as we soon enter the second half of 2024.

Seasoned safety professionals are aware of the many studies confirming how microbreaks are crucial in providing a safety net of mitigation enabling recovery during work. This pacing enables our bodies to naturally repair micro-traumas as we work, reduce inflammation and provide metabolic recovery time increasing blood circulation, oxygenation of cells, delivery of nutrients to tissues.

Assisting office, remote and hybrid employees to shed unhealthy high-risk ergonomic behaviors can be challenging – while at the same time is vital to prevent, beyond injuries, unnecessary financial loss from avoidable risk exposures. So where does a safety professional begin in 2024 when the budget is tight or non-existent? Seasoned safety professionals know that…

Much of our days, we use screens of all sizes for work, shopping, finances, entertainment and more which improves the quality of our lives and provides us with opportunity. Screen use has been steadily building over decades. Clearly, as is often the case with most tools, there are safe and unsafe ways to work with them.