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Ergonomics
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Welcome to Ergonomics
News, a monthly electronic newsletter designed to help ergonomists and
EHS managers find the right solutions to a host of ergonomic-related
challenges - from manual material handling to office ergonomics. This
newsletter includes a column written by a leading ergonomist, plus news
on ergonomics issues linked to our Website, http://EHSToday.com. |
In This
Newsletter:
1.
Self-Established Ergonomic Standards
2. AAOS
Issues New Carpal Tunnel Treatment Guidelines
3. Survey:
Workers Risk Injury By Not Wearing PPE
4. International
Safety: UK Injury Investigations on the Decline
5. EHS Out Loud
Blog: Questions for an Increasingly “Irrelevant” OSHA
1. Self-Established Ergonomic
Standards
Personal experience shows that the companies that have the best
workplace ergonomics have set clear goals for ergonomic conditions.
House ergonomic specifications are a fine way to express these goals.
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4. International Safety: UK Injury
Investigations on the Decline
New research published by the United Kingdom’s largest trade
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declined by 43 percent between 2001-2002 and 2006-2007. Only 10.5
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