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New Office Ergonomics Help for Individuals, Freelancers and Small Businesses!

Millions of people around the world are suddenly now working from home, and QP3 ErgoSystems has the answer for your Office Ergonomics needs!  We offer formal remote video ergonomics assessments and reports for larger companies that have formal risk management and safety programs. We also are proud to introduce personal, short, one-on-one video assessments for…

Working from home

Free Working from Home Ergonomics Webinar April 2, 2020 10:30am Central!

The pandemic in which we find ourselves has caused many organizations around the world to encourage working-from-home.  While millions of people are working-from-home for the first time, many industries with geographically-dispersed employee populations have embraced working-from-home for many years. Working-from-home can seem like “fun” at first.  However if a workstation is not set up correctly,…

Online Assessments

The Signs of the Times

As a BSA Scoutmaster, I have been working with our leadership team to keep things going during this Covid-19 Pandemic.   We are going to be using video conferences because we cannot meet, as our sponsoring organization has just cancelled all meetings. We are finding new ways to keep our Scouts moving forward, and you should…

Risk Assessments are Critical

Risk Assessment Matrices, and Why they are Important

A Risk Assessment Matrix is a method for companies to assess the anticipated frequency and severity of incidents (risks) to a system, process, facility, or group of people, then graphically present those risks. The graphical representation allows risk management professionals to see how addressing the potential severity or frequency of incidents will impact their placement,…

OSHA Regulates Workplace Health and Safety

What is Cal/OSHA?

What is Cal/OSHA? A few weeks ago, someone posed the question, “What is Cal/OSHA?”  My initial reaction was, “Doesn’t everyone know that?”  Then I thought about it, and it can be confusing.  There’s OSHA (Federal,) MIOSHA (Michigan), IOSHA (Indiana), Cal/OSHA, and 19 other state programs. So, what does that all mean?  Just what is OSHA,…