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Watch your back! Obesity and long hours behind the wheel can both play havoc with your spine
Summary Summary * Offices designed to discourage sedentary activities and encourage more standing can be retooled for as little as $5 per...
Risk & Insurance, 11/01/08 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
Mass producing ergonomics: two of the world's largest automakers are also two of the biggest success stories when it comes to ergonomics and worker safety
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Often the work safety argument is couched as the dichotomy between people and technology, with...
Risk & Insurance, 10/15/08 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
Wellness programs welcome: the American workplace is getting fatter, but employers are the ones that are expected to suffer and there's no better time for companies to implement a wellness program
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Obesity costs U.S. corporations an estimated $13 billion a year in insurance...
Risk & Insurance, 12/01/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
The heavy, heavy burden of obesity: obesity increases the cost of workers' compensation claims and the risk of traumatic workplace injuries, new surveys show
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Obesity claims in the United States are rising in number and in severity, according...
Risk & Insurance, 12/01/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
Lose it or misuse it: obesity increases risk of traumatic workplace injuries, researchers say
Having a body mass index in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury, according to researchers at the Johns...
Risk & Insurance, 09/15/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
More for your workers' comp money: study identifies states with "good value" for workers, employers
When employers pay more for the medical care of injured workers, employees should experience better outcomes. This "good value proposition" was the...
Risk & Insurance, 09/01/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
The pain of going mobile: risk managers are encouraged to offer their work force ergonomic training, and to use caution in selecting tools for mobile employees if they want to increase worker productivity
Mobile employees are constantly on the go. Many rely on laptop computers as their primary tools to conduct business, whether it's reporting a...
Risk & Insurance, 07/01/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
Compensating for reforms: state workers' comp systems to ride the seesaw of reform in 2007
Workers' compensation reforms appear possible in states where rhetoric, not action, had been the norm. On the flipside, experts predict a continued...
Risk & Insurance, 04/01/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
Steady as she goes: expect more of the same for workers' comp in 2007
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's the prediction many experts in the workers' compensation industry are making for 2007....
Risk & Insurance, 03/01/07 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication -
Workplace fatalities decline: a BLS study finds 2005 was, on average, a safer year than 2004. But for some ethnic groups and for workers in some states, fatality rates rose
Workplace fatalities slightly decreased in 2005, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workplace fatalities slightly...
Risk & Insurance, 11/01/06 by Joshua Clifton · More from publication
