No matter how attentive you are to matters of worker safety, the bottom line is that accidents happen. (And when they do, they affect your company’s bottom line.)
People slip, trip, and fall; protective equipment malfunctions; and even the most well-devised safety measures fail to account for all possible scenarios in which your workers can get … Continue Reading »
It’s a fact of life: Accidents happen.
People slip, cars collide, and potential injuries seem to be lurking around every corner. And even if you covered every surface of your workplace in bubble wrap, you still wouldn’t be able to prevent 100% of accidents 100% of the time.
After all, your employees have lives outside the office, … Continue Reading »
Target the topics most important to your organization by displaying our posters throughout your workplace. No matter what the subject…health and wellness, safety, productivity or shift work, no matter what the location…in hallways, lunchrooms, … Continue Reading »
Safety meetings don’t have to be boring. When they’re done well, people listen—when people listen and act accordingly, safety records improve. Here are a few ways to make a big impact at your next safety meeting:
Create an agenda ahead of time. Inform participants about what you plan to cover and ask … Continue Reading »
Motivation Versus Mandates
Managers and team leaders can approach their employees in two ways when it comes to wellness and safety: They can rely on mandating or they can start motivating. Guess which one works better?
While employers who mandate rules from the top down often achieve their … Continue Reading »
Roughly 10 million people visit eye doctors every year for computer-related vision problems. With computers and hand-held devices so commonplace, is “computer vision syndrome,” as these problems are collectively known, simply a fact of life? Experts say no. Here’s what can be done to alleviate the pain and strain.
According to a … Continue Reading »
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, half of workers who miss time from work because of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)—a painful progressive condition whose symptoms include tingling, numbness and sharp, piercing pain in the wrist—missed more than 10 days of work. The average cost of CTS, including … Continue Reading »
Computers have revolutionized office work, but they can be a pain – literally, if the operator sits hunched with poor posture for hours on end. Fortunately, there’s an easy fix: New research suggests that simple posture exercises and education can reduce office workers’ head, neck and shoulder pain by over 40 percent, while … Continue Reading »
If you think you’re a safe company but have never involved your employees in the safety process (aside from a few training videos), you might be unpleasantly surprised. Statistics show that companies without employee involvement often have a higher number of workplace safety incidents. How can you get your employees more … Continue Reading »
Recently, experts at Duke University said that increased use of laptops has lead to more reports of neck, shoulder, and wrist pain from improper keyboard ergonomics. Workers, college students, and young people may be setting themselves up for long-term injuries. Simply adjusting the work area, changing posture, or placing the laptop on top of a … Continue Reading »
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