Category: Ergonomics

Dr. Joe Davis, PhD of NC State University Department of Engineering Ergonomics/Biomechanics says “yes”.  NIOSH reports that 80% of US workers will have back pain and 75% of workers will have wrist & hand pain at some time in their working life.  Engineering solutions are useful in preventing future injury and are the preferred methodContinue reading

Ergonomics is the discipline concerned with the “fit” between the user, equipment and their environments.  Ergonomics as an intervention for health protection has been used on workplaces of every type since ancient Greece in the development of newer and better tools.  As applied to work processes, ergonomics was used to develop better ways to carryContinue reading

The Back School is pleased to introduce Comfort Zone, a cutting-edge, web-based, ergonomics risk management software program specifically designed for office-based employees. Comfort Zone provides employers a means to identify, measure and correct the factors that impede worker performance and put them at risk of work-related injury. Comfort Zone collects actionable data that enables employersContinue reading