During my nearly 30-years as a practicing Ergonomist, I have performed thousands and thousands of office workstation assessments and encountered many unique, interesting, and frustrating situations. I was an undergraduate student in Industrial Engineering when the “kneeling chair” became popular. The problem with it was that due to the position of the lower legs being…
In 1992 when I accepted my first Ergonomist position at Alcoa’s Warrick Operations in Southern Indiana, who knew I’d be following in the footsteps of a giant? During my time there, and in very short order, I was able to apply lessons learned by Frederick Taylor nearly 100-years prior! Here’s an excerpt from my March…
Twenty-five years ago I had a new wife in one state, and a job at the opposite end of another state! After graduate school, in early 1992, 27 1/2 years ago, I accepted and began a journey as the facility Ergonomist at Alcoa’s Warrick Operations, one of the largest aluminum smelters in the world. To…
Today at the 2019 Chicagoland Health, Safety and Environmental Conference, I had the honor of speaking to a large and diverse group about “Building the Winning Ergonomics Team!” Topics of my talk included Leadership The global competitive playing field Common approaches & failures Top Coaches Why ISO 45001 & PtD are important Employee empowerment &…
I had a recent, disappointing conversation with a client. They had to push their Ergonomics compliance services off to 2020 because they forgot to budget for them in 2019. This places them at risk from consequences that could be levied by their state regulators. Now is the time to plan for 2020, no matter what…
This is the right time to put Ergo Tuck into your 2020 budget! Ergo Tuck makes it easier, safer, and faster for housekeepers to make beds. Since Ergo Tuck pushes the flat sheets under the mattress. This means your housekeepers won’t have to worry so much about getting stuck by used hypodermic needles lurking under…
The 2019 Hawkeye on Safety 2019 Conference is just around the corner, on September 26, in Coralville, Iowa. Meet QP3 at our booth there, to learn how we can help with your specialty Risk Consulting needs, and pick up some great swag! We have consultants with Global experience in Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Employee Safety/Machine Guarding,…
In honor of International Housekeeping Week, many hotels and hospitality companies have put on festivals, feeds, and fun & games. But how many properties invested in better tools and equipment this week? How many purchased better cleaning tools, or something like Ergo Tuck? Ergo Tuck is made to keep Housekeepers safer from bloodborne pathogens from…
It’s International Housekeeping Week, and QP3 is enjoying all of your great posts honoring housekeepers around the world! We help housekeepers by identifying risk factors that cause injury, helping them find the right tools and equipment to make work faster, easier, and better, and by providing fun (and important) training to help them reduce stresses…
Join me Monday September 16, 2019 at the Chicagoland Safety, Health & Environmental Conference! I’ll be speaking on “Developing the Winning Ergonomics Team” at 3:00 p.m. There’s more information at www.chisafetyconf.org. I’ll be talking about my extensive experience working around the world and helping clients successfully build ergonomics teams and efforts. Click here to learn…