Were you or the people you work with stressed-out in 2020? When people are stressed out, they are more likely to suffer work-related illnesses and injuries. Many people were moved to work-from-home without enough planning or preparation. Millions of people in industries deemed “essential” also had to work through the worst of the pandemic in…
Spencer, the QP3 Ergo Lab, is at home and recovering well from his TPLO (hip) surgery, but he is not supposed to do a lot of stairs. To help him, we constructed a simple reinforced ramp to allow him to get in/out of his house more easily. This ramp used mostly scrap materials and cost under…
I am frequently asked to recommend a piece of equipment to assist with addressing an ergonomics need. I do not mind helping out, but please consider a few things before you ask for help. As I am an independent consultant, and giving out free advice on specific issues does not pay my bills, so before…
Many people working from home went from a “regular” office to a home office. But the pandemic-inspired move to working at home has affected another important group of people, who are starting to have real problems. A recent survey found that about 67 percent of people new to working at home are having “major ergonomics…
Is your hotel getting all it can from its Cal/OSHA MIPP work? Hotel Housekeepers in California have the highest DART rate for soft tissue/ergonomics injuries and illnesses of any occupation in the state. In response to these numbers, the Cal/OSHA Hotel Housekeeper Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program (MIPP) Standard went into effect two years ago. The…
A while back I conducted a three-day site visit at a client, where one day was comprised of assessments and two were comprised of Ergonomics Team training. When doing onsite training, I incorporate the client’s processes as examples into the courses, so they are not only relevant, but also get the “Ergonomics Ball of Improvement”…