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When we talk about the benefits of improving employee health and safety in the workplace, we typically focus on two points: better overall employee health, and lower workers’ compensation costs. But experts in the industry are now looking at the…
For the most part, it is safe to assume that when people suffer from pain, they wish to do whatever it takes to get rid of it. When employees suffer from chronic pain that prevents them from doing their job…
A recently developed motivation for muscle strength maintenance in the elderly lies in the fact that older workers (defined as aged 55 and above) represented 19% of the United States labor force in 2009. In order to remain employed and…
More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain at a cost of around $600 billion a year in medical treatments and lost productivity, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). But most of this pain is…
Workplace injuries are costly and often devastating occurrences that all companies must address. All too often, injuries are dealt with after they take place. Truly though, it is much more effective and fruiful to address issues before they occur, with…
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.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released “Prevention through Design: Plan for the National Initiative.” This document lays out the goals and strategy for preventing work related illness and injury though a proper designing process. The Prevention…
For Immediate Release HOQUIAM, Washington (October 26, 2010) ? Grays Harbor Paper has experienced an 85% decrease in repetitive and overuse work injury claim costs in the past twelve months. In addition to the hard cost savings the pulp and paper…
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.
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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