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This booklet presents basic ergonomic principles for very small businesses. It does not include issues specific to computer use, construction or agriculture. You may need the advice of an ergonomics consultant or other outside experts. The field of ergonomics is dynamic, and new information is constantly being developed.
This booklet offers a simple, hands-on approach to workplace ergonomics that can work regardless of the size of your organization. It is designed for owners, supervisors, and employees as they work toward improving their workplace. The booklet is divided into four sections: I. How Ergonomics Can Help. Introduces you to ergonomics, describes the benefits of taking a proactive approach, and illustrates some practical workplace improvements made by employers and employees in California. II. Ergonomics and Your Workplace.
Information about how knee injuries develop in construction workers and what techniques can be used in order to avoid these.
Information about how shoulder and neck injuries develop in construction workers and what techniques can be used in order to avoid these.
Information about how back injuries develop in construction workers and what techniques can be used in order to avoid these.
This booklet is designed to provide general guidance for employers and employees about how to prevent back injury as a result of lifting and moving patients and residents. It may be useful in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, board and care homes, and during the provision of home health care. Some of the benefits of back injury prevention include decreased injuries and costs, as well as increased efficiency and employee morale.
This website provides information (and a short film) about several interventions in the healthcare industry. Healthcare workers make diagnoses and prognoses all day long, but it isn’t always easy for them to recognize signs and symptoms of injury in themselves. Although hospitals and other healthcare facilities are clean, sterile, and safe, workers in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities have the highest work-related injury and illness rates in the country.
In this video, workers in ranching, mining, timber and fire talk about the history of hard work in Montana and the promising future of working smarter and safer than ever. This video is made in honour of the 100th anniversary of Montana’s Workers’ Compensation Act and made by the Montana State Fund. This video is also shown on the website of Safe Montana (www.safemt.com), where more information about healthy work is provided.
This video shows some basic tips on workplace ergonomics that apply to almost all workplaces. For instance, workplaces in the office, in the hospital and in construction.