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What Makes an Employee Fit for Duty?

What Makes an Employee Fit for Duty?

Fit for Duty is the concept concerned with ensuring employees possess the necessary attributes to perform their jobs effectively yet safely. Specifically, these attributes are strength, flexibility and endurance. When they’re present, workers can perform their jobs safely and comfortably,…

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Risk Reduction in the Aging Workforce: The Case for Employee Maintenance

Risk Reduction in the Aging Workforce: The Case for Employee Maintenance

In 1996, Baby Boomers, those Americans born between 1946 and 1964, numbered 76 million according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s reporting. In 2006 they ranged from 42 to 60 years old. In 2010, the oldest of the Boomers are turning 64 years old. Nearly two in five workers between age 50 to 64 say they plan to work beyond…

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Employees Return to Work 4 Months Earlier

Employees Return to Work 4 Months Earlier

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal demonstrates that employees that are part of a “integrated care” program return to work on average 4 months earlier than those receiving more conventional care. Studies like this seem to prove…

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Workplace Safety: Bio-Physics and the Industrial Athlete (EHS Today)

Workplace Safety: Bio-Physics and the Industrial Athlete (EHS Today)

In the last two decades in particular, workplace safety has come to have many facets and strategies. From safety videos to safety meetings, and from safety training to safety awareness, it is safety education…

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Ignoring Small Details Can Lead to Big Accidents

Ignoring Small Details Can Lead to Big Accidents

One of the main goals of safety officers and managers at any company is to create what is called a ‘culture of safety’. Essentially, this refers to an organization whose employees are dedicated to maintaining safety standards in every task that they perform at…

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How to Lift and Carry Heavy Weights

How to Lift and Carry Heavy Weights

Using the wrong method to lift heavy weights is a leading cause of…

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