I periodically hear people state their beliefs that ergonomics-related engineering improvements tend to be cost prohibitive. While this does happen, I find it to be the exception, versus the rule. But how can that be? Yes, there are situations in some facilities that can be cost prohibitive to change—short term. This is especially true in…
Do you have employees working from home and are they reporting issues? If you are in California, do you have an IIPP–and are you following it? According to a recent conversation I had with Cal/OSHA, if a work-from-home employee reports a physical issue from work, files a workers comp claim or sees a doctor who…
What numbers do you know? What’s the price of gas in your area? Here outside Chicago, it’s about $2.37/gallon. We stopped for fuel in Cleveland over the weekend and it was $1.91/gallon. We know that it costs about $15 for Spencer, the QP3 Ergo Lab, to get his nails done at Petco. That said, for…