The WorkCover Authority of New South Wales, Australia, issued a safety alert Aug. 2 that cited more than 700 injuries and 1,965 worker's compensation claims in 2008-2010. Aug 05, 2013 The WorkCover ...

EACH year, injuries caused by manual materials handling are a significant cost to industry in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. According to recent Liberty Mutual Insurance statistics, ...

Tasks such as carrying boxes or lifting crates lead to hundreds of thousands of injuries a year. Here are some steps you can take to assess the risks in your workplace and reduce this costly ...

How many of your employees regularly move heavy objects such as casks, food supplies, bottle crates or rubbish bags on a daily basis? Typically, you and your staff will think nothing of it, looking at ...

Personalized technology allows workers to monitor and learn about their own movement safety while on the job, at any time, giving them the training required to prevent injuries from occurring. Before ...

Handling robots replace manual labor, saving operational costs in the long run. Uncontrollable Efficiency: An intelligent scheduling system ensures stable operation 24 hours a day. Frequent Safety ...

The Smithsonian’s Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM) maintains the Smithsonian’s Safety Manual and makes it available to all employees and affiliated staff. The Safety ...

(Reuters Health) - Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices associated with fewer injuries among healthcare workers, a small study suggests.

Nurses often overestimate their manual handling skills, despite having previously received training in it, Australian researchers have warned. The authors said: “A substantial knowledge deficit was ...