Does this look like you? Do you try to focus on your computer monitor by looking through the bottom of your progressive lenses? If so, you are probably one of many people I see reporting neck discomfort because your prescription does not allow you to maintain a neutral neck position while viewing your monitor. Progressive [...]
Seated Computer Risk – Movement or Posture?
I find the popular perception is that repetitive strain injuries are the significant (slow hurt) danger in office environments. Repeated keying and mousing is certainly a concern, but I find the greater hazard is the posture many of us maintain during our seated computer work. Too often, I observe people slouching and reaching forward. I [...]
New Vehicle Head Restraints are Uncomfortable
I have been receiving feedback from some workers based in the field that the headrests in their fleet trucks are pushing their head too far forward. It seems the new standard for passive head restraints is to reduce the gap between the driver’s head and the headrest. With the help of one of our client [...]
Where is the Lumbar Support ?
I have been doing a fair bit of travelling this week – 4 plane rides and the better part of 10 hours of driving (6 of them in a rental car). I am reminded that it feels like automobile and plane manufacturers appear to put more efforts into the ergonomics of the production line rather [...]
These are for Exercising, not Working.
As we are in the season of New Year’s resolutions I am getting more and more people asking me if there are ergonomic benefits to using the exercise ball they got for Christmas as an office chair. I think it is great that people are trying to multi-task their exercise routine into their office jobs, [...]
This is not a task chair!
I recently completed an office review for a large non-profit organization on Vancouver Island. It was great that they invited me in to see everyone’s workstation because it meant I could do some proactive work with folks who weren’t reporting concerns. However, there were a handful of workers that were using inappropriate chairs for their [...]
Suncor Firebag Shovelling
I had another great visit up to an oil and gas site in northern Alberta. I was working with one of the site contractors on safe movements when shoveling. I decided it was time to take my turn in front of the camera to try and figure out the best practices for shoveling snow out [...]
Suncor Firebag Movement Safety
I just finished up an excellent 2 day trip to Suncor’s Firebag operation north of Fort McMurray (plant in the background and camps in the foreground). I had the opportunity to work with one of their larger contractor groups on safe movement best practices for key labour tasks. They were such a great group and [...]
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