Category Archives: Ergonomic News

Recent findings, standards and other developments that organizations need to know and how they affect their health and safety initiatives

Workplace hazard: Workplace Stress

Workplace stress needs to be addressed and solutions need to be implemented as part of an organization’s health and safety strategy. Continue reading

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Designing for an aging workforce

As promised, I wanted to give a summary of a few points on Linda’s presentation as I found her talk something that needs to be considered in times where people are living longer and need to work past the “55″ … Continue reading

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Laptops and driving

I was going to giveĀ a summary on Linda’s talk on the aging workforce that she presented at the American Industrial Hygeine Association in Calgary in March but I came across an article on Ergoweb about the dangers of laptops in … Continue reading

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Shared responsibility in worker fatigue

Sleep is a hot topic of conversation around here – more often than not, “lack of”. In these times, there doesn’t seem to be enough time in our 24 hour clock to get things done. To illustrate, in college, I … Continue reading

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Continuing improvement through continuing education

Always striving to keep on top of current research in ergonomics and human factors, Linda spends a week in Washington to learn cognitive interviewing and worker fatigue. Continue reading

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