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October 10, 2019

Leveraging Ergonomic Design Guidelines

Effective ergonomics processes emphasize both improvement and prevention – reducing ergonomics risks in existing operations while ensuring the ergonomics acceptability of new products and equipment.  Ergonomic […]
September 26, 2019

Why Standardize Your Workplace Ergonomics Assessment Tools?

Successful ergonomics improvement programs include at least these 4 steps: Identifying Potential Ergonomics Issues Ergonomics Assessment Tools Controlling Ergonomics Risks Cost Justifying Ergonomic Improvements If your […]
May 11, 2005

“Tough Dynamic Managers” – The Ergonomic View

There are workplaces around the United States and other countries where it's an insult to be described as "a nice person." In those places the description carries the implicit judgement that the worker isn't tough, isn't able to make hard decisions and wilts under pressure ...
May 9, 2005

Meet Penelope, Archie and REMi

Robo-nurse Penelope starts work at a New York hospital this May, joining Archie, REMi and other high-tech healers designed to streamline medical care ...
May 4, 2005

Shaping Night Work for a Better Fit with Workers

Night work gambles with productivity and lives because it abuses the body clock, set for activity during the day and rest during the night. As the 24-hour-workplace is a fact of modern society, night work can't be abolished. But ...
May 4, 2005

Hedonomics

Happiness. The Founding Fathers advocated it. Most people pursue it. Ergonomists have embraced it and given their research a name
May 2, 2005

The New Food Pyramid

The consensus is that the pyramid has been stripped of words, symbols and meaning, and the government's advice to eat less and exercise more is undermined by the failure to communicate ergonomically...