Ergonomics
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Three Key Metrics for Your Office Ergonomics Process—Wherever Your Workers Are
Having a majority of employees working remotely is a new concept for most companies. Our previous post highlighted how online office ergonomics software can quickly and effectively reduce employee musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) resulting from improper workstation setup, like carpal tunnel syndrome and neck or back pain, while improving employee productivity and work satisfaction. Ergonomics software that lets employees learn, […]
COSHH: A Key Framework for Hazardous Chemical Risk Assessment
COSHH, or Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, is a set of regulations under the U.K.’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to protect workers from health hazards when working with specific substances and materials. COSHH includes a Risk Assessment component that, while a regulatory compliance requirement for some, is increasingly becoming a best practice around […]
Office Ergonomics Software & Remote Consultations Provide Relief
The term “home-office ergonomics” has gained popularity recently, and with good reason. In a broad sense, ergonomics involves fitting the work to the worker. Now that 42% of the U.S. workforce is working remotely, the home has become the new office for many. Unfortunately, many home setups include equipment that doesn’t fit the individual using […]
#HomeOfficeHacks Social Media Challenge Happening Now!
Many of us have been working from home, and this has forced us to get creative with our work-from-home environments. Some have turned closets into office spaces, and others have gone all-out, building their own sit-to-stand workstations. By now we’ve learned some shortcuts to make up for the lack of an extra monitor, such as […]
What’s Your Home Office Hack?
October is National Ergonomics Month and, to raise awareness, VelocityEHS is hosting a #HomeOfficeHacks social media challenge all month long! As explained by Velocity EHS ergonomist Jacyln Faraci, the Challenge is open to everyone. Watch to learn more. Since we all had to quickly transition to work from home, many of us had to use […]
Your “Reducing Mental & Physical Stress” Toolbox
As COVID-19 continues to sweep across the world infecting millions of people, the stress of contracting the virus combined with continued social distancing and isolation, working from home while caring for family members or assisting school-aged children with remote learning, or a job loss or reduced income, can all lead to burnout. The burden is […]
Improving Ergonomics through Product Design
It’s important to target ergonomics improvements based on the hierarchy of controls. But if you’re on the plant floor and the direct cause of an issue is related to product design, it can be difficult to implement an elimination control without access to the design team. In some cases, an engineering or administrative control at […]
Ergonomics for Manufacturing: Ask the Operator is Still the Best Practice
By Rick Barker, CPE, CSP, Principal Solutions Strategist Technological advances in MSD risk assessments, like the sensorless computer vision (motion capture) found in VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics, enable ergonomics team members to perform accurate assessments in minutes instead of hours. Today’s technology-aided assessments allow non-experts to evaluate jobs with a level of detail formerly reserved for […]
Ergonomics for Kids: 3 Tips for Adjusting to Virtual School
It’s that time of the year again when parents are gearing up for their kids’ return to school, but of course, that looks very different this year during the global pandemic. Just as adults have had to adapt to working from their homes for the past several months, parents are now trying to help their children […]
Office Ergonomics is More Important than Ever
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, approximately 42% of the U.S. workforce is now working from home (about 67 million workers) and a large portion will continue to do so for the rest of this year. Although there are some concerns around productivity and long-term sustainability regarding remote work, there are some potential financial benefits. […]