The Ergonomics of Hand-Held Technology
Hand-Held Technology…Bane or boon? / Timothy Pottorff / Oct 2017 / People, Workplace Environment Use hand-held devices appropriately to achieve proper balance. People of all […]
Transportation Industry Ergonomics–Caring for Essential Workers
Dan Baker has an amazing keynote speech at the Protective Insurance Claims & Safety 2020 virtual seminar. Drivers have to pick goods […]
Proper Design Keeps Employees Safer & Makes Companies More Successful!
Design fascinates me. Companies open new, beautiful hotels, install multi-million dollar production lines, or spend millions on office furniture and accessories, yet […]
Risks Know No Borders
Someone recently asked me what industry I specialize in. I don’t. The principles of ergonomics transcend industries, as while people may look […]
Ergonomics for Essential Transportation Workers
We hear a lot about our essential workers in healthcare, but there’s another group of essential workers for whom we need to […]
Why Are PJDs Important?
PJDs are also known as Physical Job Demands analyses. Several reasons exist for their importance. The primary reason is for a company […]
What is Psychosocial Stress?
Many people know what physical ergonomics stresses are, but there is another kind of stress that can also hurt us. That stress […]
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, […]
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?” […]
What is a Risk Assessment?
We often hear about “Risk Assessments,” but what are they, actually? Why are they important? And why should they be completed independently? […]
What is Ergonomics?
When I first became an Ergonomist, people often confused “Ergonomics” with “Economics.” They are different terms, and different professions, but actually they […]
How Much Would You Invest to Get Better?
Many times I run across companies that “don’t have the budget” for the Ergonomics or Safety Services that they need. Actually, if […]