05Oct
Take Safety Home: Tips to Keep Kids Healthy with Ergonomics
Ergonomics is the science of designing work spaces to prevent injury and promote health, safety, productivity, and comfort. With children spending more time at home these days focused on computers or devices, for homework, gaming, or just chatting with their friends, it’s important to make [...]
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06Apr
Ergonomics in the Office Workspace
Remember all those times your mother or grandmother would yell at you to “sit up straight!”, “don’t slouch!”? Well apparently they knew what they were talking about. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a leading cause of workplace injuries and account for approximately one third of all [...]
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05Oct
Ergonomics in the Workplace
A musculoskeletal disorder is pain felt in a person’s muscles, bones, joints, ligaments, nerves, and tendons. This is usually caused by the type of work one is doing or their work environment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 1999 there were over 600,000 workers that suffered [...]
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