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Working in Cold Conditions
Now that our January thaw has come and gone, frigid conditions can be expected in the Northeast with the mercury plummeting into the single digits or below 0 degrees F. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides an overview of cold stre...
Improving Housekeeping Ergonomics, Part III - Check Your EARSS
The previous two housekeeping ergo blogs covered the risk factors of force, frequency, and posture in housekeeping tasks and their relationship to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD’s).
Improving Housekeeping Ergonomics, Part II Risk Relationships
The last housekeeping blog identified force, frequency, and posture as key risk factors that play important roles in increasing or decreasing the potential for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs).
Improving Housekeeping Ergonomics, Part II - Risk Relationships
The last housekeeping blog identified force, frequency, and posture as key risk factors that play important roles in increasing or decreasing the potential for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs).
Improving Housekeeping Ergonomics, Part I
Housekeeping is a manual material handling job that requires bending, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling repetitively throughout the day-- often in awkward postures. Each housekeeping task carries certain risk factors.
Farm Shop Safety
It is the time of year when most farms are servicing, maintaining and repairing the wide variety of equipment that is used to till, plant and harvest. The farm shop is the scene of many incidents that involve the eyes, hands, and feet.
A New Year's Resolution We Can All Benefit From... Improve Your Safety Program
As we begin 2013, if you are like most people, you have probably made a New Year’s Resolution. Consider the same for your business and more specifically, your injury prevention program.
Analyze It: Go On... Analyze It
Analyzing work dates back more than 100 years ago from pioneers like Frederick Taylor, and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth.
Active Sitting and Ergonomic Health
A few of my business account contacts have posed the question of what to look for in an ergonomic chair. The short answer is adjustment features.
A Safe Holiday Season
Now that we have outlasted Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday it’s time to face the rest of the holiday season. Our goal at MEMIC is to help you do so safely, so please consider the following.
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