The makeup of the American workforce is changing, and these changes have not made physical work any easier. Employees are older, obesity rates continue to climb, and across many industries employers ...

When somebody gets injured, it impacts their entire life. They can no longer do the things they love to do outside of work. They can no longer perform their job as they used to. Sometimes, this could ...

Conducting an ergonomic assessment is a foundational element of the ergonomics process. Your ergonomics improvement efforts will never get off the ground without being able to effectively assess jobs ...

EHS managers of lower-risk facilities know that providing a safe, healthy, and comfortable work environment is key to employee productivity and engagement. As a result, many EHS programs include an ...

Humans are somewhat limited in the vast maze of workplace interactions. We don't possess computational brains, can't be omnipresent, and, while we think in patterns, tracking them in real-time is a ...

The goal of a well-designed assessment tool is to take the information that has been gained through research on the causes and impact of strain on the human system, and organize questions, ...

A study reveals a breakthrough tool to assess the effect of exoskeletons on injury risk. The tool, called Exo-LiFFT, is an interactive calculator that will help companies looking for ways to overcome ...

New technology exposes difficult to measure ergonomics-related risks before they lead to costly upper-extremity disorders AI Hands & Wrists Assessment AI Hands & Wrists Assessment, powered by ...

A significant percentage of risk for truck drivers comes from the physical toll of sitting in and operating the vehicle, according to a recent Atlas Ergonomics study that shows long hours behind the ...

Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The research indicates that ...