This news is a little late but we just wanted to share the news with everyone that EWI Calgary’s Kirsten Willms is now officially a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist.
This is also exciting for the rest of us as EWI Works is now the only ergonomic consulting company who employs five full time certified ergonomists. This [...]

Many of us think that erognomics is for the workplace - but we can see it in our everyday lives as well. Cognitive Ergonomics helps ensure our safety as well as makes our life easier - and can reduce customer complaints for manufacturers!

Linda recently attended a full day course offered by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and co-sponsored by the Saskatoon Health Region. The course, “Enabling Occupation Through Universal Design and Home Modification”, was presented by occupational therapist, Kathy Pringle. It covered current findings, funding options and resources for carrying out home assessments and developing renovations or new [...]

Section 209 of Part 14 of the OHS Code is entirely new and refers specifically to the healthcare industry. If you need more detail on how to implement this change, you can find out more information in Worksafe Alberta’s publication, No Unsafe Lift Workbook.
To explain a little more about the changes and how they came [...]

Part 14 of the Code requires that organizations need to implement a training program should they discover MSI risks to workers after conducting a hazard assessment. This doesn’t have to be a daunting task and EWI can help.

Part 14 requires organizations to address MSIs in the workplace with reference to lifting and manual handling of heavy and awkward loads. The requirements include conducting a proper hazard assessment and implementing changes, including training, to address any risks of MSIs to workers.

There are changes to the OHS Code that you should be aware of regarding hazard assessments. Organizations are becoming increasingly responsible for alerting hazards to both employees and contractors working on their site.

By now, many of you are aware that the Occupational Health and Safety Code was updated and the changes took effect as of July 1, 2009. However, are you aware of the changes - as well as the other standards - and what they mean to your organization? As previously mentioned in an earlier blog, [...]

You’ve reviewed the information on the National Safety Council’s website on discouraging the use of cell phones and texting while driving. You read the statistics, including the costs associated with allowing your employees to drive while texting, and you noticed the recognition that Exxon received from the NSC for 5 years of safety leadership involving [...]

80% of vehicle accidents are due to a driver’s inattention. Keeping in mind that this can happen while on the job, a car crash can have an enormous negative impact on an organization in terms of lost time if the employee is severely injured or even an expensive lawsuit. According to the National Safety Council, [...]