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This year’s National Safety Council Congress and Expo will be held October 30th through November 4th in Philadelphia, PA at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Mark Your Calendars! The InjuryFree leadership team is honored to deliver the presentation, “Keep your Workers…
Companies with older workers in their workforce may not realize the importance of injury prevention programs until it is too late. Recent research shows that while workers aged 55 and above have a lower rate of workplace-related injuries and illnesses…
The Inland Northwest SHRM Chapter will be meeting and have requested InjuryFree to present on “Fit for Duty & The Aging Workforce.” Mark Your Calendars! The chapter meeting will take place April 12th, from 11:30 am to 1:00pm at the…
In some respects, ergonomics has become a hackneyed safety buzz-word. Basically, it is the idea of matching job tasks to employees, not employees to job tasks. This is a simple concept with what is often a very difficult execution. First, many ergonomic changes, especially in the industrial setting, have major costs associated with them.
Injuries are costing businesses over $170 billion each year. They also impact productivity, administrative costs, and employee morale. Injury prevention is a great idea, but is it really possible to reduce risk in the workplace? InjuryFree knows it is indeed possible but first we must understand why injuries are occurring. InjuryFree has identified four principles…
Workplace injuries cost U.S. employers $1 billion a week in workers compensation alone. When lost time costs are added to the costs of lost productivity, total workers comp expenditures are estimated to be more than $215 billion. According to the…
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.
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…
In the April BEEA+ Bulletin, we discussed how the work postures of sitting and forward bending contribute to low back injuries. As mentioned, most back injuries are rarely the result of single event incidents. They are typically the culmination of minor, repeated stress over time. Let’s look at how low back injuries are affected by lifting behaviors:
Companies spend large sums of money and allocate tremendous resources to maintain their equipment and facilities. The intention of these investments of course is to maximize productivity and minimize interruptions in business. What about employees? Should they not be maintained as well?
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