Some of my most vivid childhood memories are comprised of how hard my parents worked. My mother was a nurse in the operating room and my father worked for a large insurance company prior to owning his own business. Unfortunately, both of my parents w...

Yeah, yeah, you have probably heard this already: “sitting is the new smoking.” Everyone seems to think that if we could just get out of our chairs our problems would be solved. Dynamic workstations can bring enormous benefits, but a po...

I recently scheduled an appointment with a policyholder in Boston, one that I had visited several times.  I left plenty of time to deal with traffic and walked through the door right on time – only to discover I was at the wrong policyhold...

Slips/Trips/Falls (STFs) are common across all industries. In fact, STFs are among the top three injuries that continue to impact our policyholders’ insurance costs. A recent analysis conducted by the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) iden...

As an ergonomist, one of the most common complaints centers on the computer mouse. This necessary evil of computer input is the bane of so many workers, across all industries, men and women, young and old. It all boils down to one question: “Wh...

The National Safety Council has selected May to be National Electrical Safety Month. But why do we need to know about electrical safety?  According to the National Institute of Health, there are approximately 1,000 deaths per year in the U.S. a...

Springtime is a season of awakening, renewal, and, of course, mud. Lots of mud. While many logging and heavy equipment companies in Maine adhere to the state’s Department of Transportation restrictions to protect roads from damage caused by tha...