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2010 Northwest Occupational Health – Oct 13-15

2010 Northwest Occupational Health – Oct 13-15

InjuryFree is excited to be part of the 2010 Northwest Occupational Health Conference.  The conference  will be held in Portland, Oregon on October 13-15 at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel.  For over 40 years, members of the Pacific Northwest Section –…

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NHRMA Annual Conference: Sept 29-Oct 1, Sunriver, OR

NHRMA Annual Conference: Sept 29-Oct 1, Sunriver, OR

Are you an HR professional wanting to learn about Ergonomics in managing employee health? Presenters will demystify the role of ergonomics in the workplace, identifying how HR can be proactive in managing ergonomic programs.

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Everett, WA Manufacturing Plant Achieves Major Safety Milestone

Everett, WA Manufacturing Plant Achieves Major Safety Milestone

Everett Washington’s Kimberly –Clark (K-C) pulp and tissue manufacturing facility hit a tremendous safety target. On this day Kimberly –Clark surpassed 1,000,000 safe man-hours without incurring a “K-C Recordable” injury.

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ASSE Safety 2010: June 13-16 Baltimore, MD

ASSE Safety 2010: June 13-16 Baltimore, MD

This year’s Safety 2010 Conference will be in Baltimore, Maryland.The InjuryFree leadership team is honored to deliver the presentation, “Maintaining Employee Productivity: Why an EMC Works!” on Monday, June 14th.

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Why can’t work be a place where people go to become healthy?

Why can’t work be a place where people go to become healthy?

At InjuryFree, we believe in a world where peoples’ work environments are safe, and injury-free.  This is accomplished through prevention of injuries by promoting personal responsibility in health and safety. If we focused on prevention first, work would become a…

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Overtime Increases Risk for Heart Disease

Overtime Increases Risk for Heart Disease

A new study published by the European Heart Journal issued that overtime work affects coronary health. The study looked at over 6 thousand British workers between the ages of 39-61 for the course of 11 years who did not have…

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Losing Sleep? Consider Turning Off That Laptop

Losing Sleep? Consider Turning Off That Laptop

With the use of new technology such as the iPad, we are actually fooling our brains into thinking the day is longer, thereby disrupting our sleeping patterns. When a device emits artificial light, our eye receptors tell our brain that…

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Preventative Care Helps Elderly Avoid Falls

Preventative Care Helps Elderly Avoid Falls

A new study suggests that elderly people who have taken a prevention program to prevent falls were dramatically less likely to fall again. The study was composed of  204 elderly adults ages 60 and over. Half of the participants worked…

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Improving your Muscle Memory can Reduce Discomfort at Work

Improving your Muscle Memory can Reduce Discomfort at Work

Most of us have come to understand the importance of working on memory retention as we grow older; however, the importance of working on muscle memory is still largely misunderstood. Muscle memory refers to the types of…

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Contact with Objects and Equipment Leading Cause of Fatalities in Manufacturing

Contact with Objects and Equipment Leading Cause of Fatalities in Manufacturing

A recent NIOSH publication reports that nearly 690,000 non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses occurred in 2008 in the manufacturing industry. More than half of these occurrences reported days away from work, job transfer or restriction. Over 400 workers experienced fatalities…

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