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Sobering Statistics – The Impact of Chronic Disease and Medication Nonadherence on Employee Wellness
Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes are among the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, greatly affecting patient quality of life and health care costs. Polypharmacy or taking too many medications presents one sort of...
Ergonomics – Preventing One of the Most Dangerous Work Postures
For many years now I have lectured nationally about the harmful effects of non-neutral neck postures. When the head is flexed forward, the weight of the head creates more leverage force at the base of the neck than if the head and neck are held more erect. Holding...
Wellness Spotlight – Employees Smokers are at Greater Risk for Back Injuries
In a recent legal case I was hired to provide expert consulting concerning a 40-year-old deckhand who claimed a lower back injury that resulted from lifting a 40 lb rope wire. This deckhand was a heavy smoker, who self-reported that he had smoked at least a pack of...
Ergonomics Spotlight – Benefits of Ergonomics
Are you looking to reduce worker’s compensation and health care costs for your company? Is improving productivity one of your company’s core business objectives this year? How about improving product quality? If this is the case (and I’ll assume it is), then...
WorkSaver Fitness-for-Duty Spotlight
Physical abilities testing conducted in fit-for-duty (FFD) examinations can potentially create an adverse impact on hiring certain classes of test recipients such as women. The increasing number of women entering more labor-intensive jobs traditionally performed by...
Avoiding Unfair Disparate Discrimination of Older Workers with FFD Testing – The Role of Ergonomics in the PDV Process
By Richard W. Bunch, PhD, PT, CBES and Trevor Bardarson, PT, OCS, CBES The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was created in the United States to help ensure older employees (age 40 or older) are not discriminated against in the workplace. In regard to the...
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