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Ergonomics
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Welcome to Ergonomics
News, a monthly electronic newsletter designed to help Ergonomists and
Safety Managers find the right solutions to a host of ergonomic-related
challenges - from manual material handling to office ergonomics. The
newsletter will include a column written by a veteran ergonomist, plus
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In This
Newsletter:
1. Where is the
"Ergonomics Community"?
2. NSC Supports
Uniform Injury Data Collection System
3. More Workers
Employed After Traditional Retirement Years
4. EHS Out Loud
Blog: Ring This Up to Caution?
5. Doing the Right
Thing (And Doing It Successfully)
1. Where is the "Ergonomics
Community"?
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a leadership
conference held by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). I
attended the conference because of my position as vice chair of ASSE's
Ergonomics Branch. During this weekend, I had one of those "Jerry
McGuire" moments, a realization of something dramatically wrong that
really needs to be addressed in the ergonomics community.
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3. More Workers Employed After Traditional
Retirement Years
Older workers in Ohio and nationwide will comprise a much higher
portion of the workforce in the years to come, and employers should be
prepared to accommodate and benefit from the experience and range of
attributes they bring to the job, according to a recent report released
by Miami University’s Scripps Gerontology Center.
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