COVID-19: 6 Tips to Ensure Safe Handling of Cleaning Chemicals and Disinfectants
Knowing what steps to take to limit the spread of COVID-19 in our workplaces may not always be clear. During this time of information overload, finding reliable data to help guide our decision making can be a definite challenge. That’s why our in-house occupational health and safety experts are continuing to create and share best […]
Supply Chain Risk Management for COVID-19
We are living during unprecedented times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation has seen businesses around the world drastically change their business model and move from an office setting to working from home. This has already had major impacts on the economy and has given rise to many questions regarding whether or not important […]
8 Hacks for Home Office Ergonomic Best Practices
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations provided basic technological tools to allow for occasional work-from-home days, though they didn’t necessarily invest significant resources in guiding employees with home office ergonomic best practices. But life has changed since the pandemic. Work-from-home programs have become a long-term public safety need. Just as employees need technological tools to function outside of the office, […]
How to Set Up an Ergonomic Remote Office
Just because your workforce spends time in a home office doesn’t mean you should forget the importance of ergonomics. The same productivity, safety, and health risks that apply to office workers still affect remote employees. If anything, work-from-home employees need more help ensuring they have access to an ergonomic remote office. They often don’t have […]
Why Your Workforce Needs an Ergonomic Intervention
No employer wants to see productivity declines, increased absenteeism rates, or higher workers’ compensation claims. To prevent these problems, many employers rely on ergonomic discomfort as a leading indicator and only then begin to implement an office ergonomic intervention. However, if you wait for your employees to first show signs of discomfort, the damage is […]
4 Corrective Actions to Battle Ergonomic Symptoms
Ergonomic symptoms can take many forms. Back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, neck strain, and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) can leave your employees working in pain and your organization paying for the cost of medical treatments, lost time, and lower productivity. Implementing office ergonomics strategies can greatly reduce the number of employees who report symptoms and help those […]
Top 3 Tips to Identify Ergonomic Risk Factors
Typing, sitting, and reading all day at the office may not seem like the most strenuous activities, but these are actually hazardous ergonomic risk factors that could turn into big problems for employees and managers alike. When an employee suffers a workplace injury, his or her productivity could take a hit and significantly hurt business […]
4 Ways to Leverage Ergonomic Assessment Software to Improve Workplace Safety
Managing an office ergonomics program takes a lot of work. From identifying risk factors and ergonomic symptoms to providing a path to effective treatment, organizations must track so many different program elements across the entire employee population. With so many moving pieces, manual tracking processes, such as spreadsheets, don’t cut it. To better protect employees’ health and […]
Reduce Repetitive Strain Injuries With Office Ergonomics Training
Sitting at a computer for an extended time may appear harmless, but repetitive strain injuries cause many employees each year to miss work. Not only is this bad for the health of the workforce but it also directly affects an organization’s bottom line. In fact, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that repetitive strain […]
What to Know About Today’s OSHA Ergonomics Standard Guidelines
While the typical office worker may not spend his or her day lifting heavy objects or performing physically demanding tasks, that worker still faces plenty of workplace hazards. Office workers spend their day hunched over desks, staring at computer monitors, and typing on keyboards. Over time, these office-related tasks take a toll on the body, resulting […]