A study of an elite group of police officers – thought to be in top physical condition – showed seven predictors of back injuries and surprisingly, a high level of fitness was one. Researchers from Canada have received the 2016 Liberty Mutual Award for their work assessing links between specific fitness and movement abilities of
Read more →Don’t ignore your cleaning staff when considering worker safety and personal protective equipment. Safety continues to be a major concern in professional cleaning. Invariably, cleaning workers focus on cleaning chemicals, equipment and tools to perform their tasks, but safety equipment often takes a backseat. “Cleaning workers suffer more injuries than many other workers in private
Read more →Travis Vance Beginning in 2017, many employers must electronically provide to the agency the details concerning the workplace injuries and illnesses kept on their 300 logs. It’s time to improve your workplace safety program. Federal OSHA just announced the sweeping new requirement that, beginning in 2017, many employers must electronically provide to the agency the
Read more →If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then perhaps these infographics will be worth even more: sparing employees from work-induced hearing loss. Work-related hearing loss is a preventable workplace injury/illness, yet it is one of the most common. Through the appropriate use of personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, separating workers from noisy equipment
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