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Participative Ergonomics

Ergonomics aims to control risk factors such as poor posture, musculoskeletal strain, repetition, glare, noise, temperature and vibration. More recently, it has also considered such things as workflow and ‘psycho-social factors’ that…

Fatigue vs Productivity

Fatigue can lead to errors, accidents, ill-health and injury. It has been identified as a root cause in major accidents such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Challenger and Exxon Valdez…

What Does “Wellness” Look Like?

Most of the world’s 3.4 billion workers are unwell, whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally, or economically, as shown in the statistics below. The Global Wellness Institute states the following:…

Noise Control in the Workplace

The health of your workers is just as important as the health of your business. As a business owner, you have a duty to prevent harm to your workers’ health.…

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Are you one of the 144,400 people who had a soft tissue injury in 2017? If yes, your injury may have been caused through an incorrect seated posture, or by…

How’s Your Salt Intake?

According to the World Health Organisation: “Most people consume too much salt — on average 9–12 grams per day, or around twice the recommended maximum level of intake”. They estimate…

Anxiety at Work

According to the New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study, anxiety and depressive disorders are second only to coronary heart disease as a cause of health loss…

Too Hot to Sleep?

Finding it too hot to sleep at night lately? You are not alone. Trying to sleep on hot nights can be a nightmare, as your sleep cycle process is interrupted…

Safeguarding Staff Health

Changes to health and safety legislation over the last couple of years have seen a fairly rapid change in mindset towards safeguarding staff safety. However, safeguarding staff health has been…

Protect yourself in five ways from Skin Cancer

Be SunSmart This Summer At Work

Employers have a duty of care to protect their workers. With the recent changes to New Zealand’s Health and Safety legislation there is an increasing emphasis on minimising risk in…

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Participative Ergonomics

Fatigue vs Productivity

What Does “Wellness” Look Like?

Noise Control in the Workplace

— S — T — R — E — T — C — H — E — S —

How’s Your Salt Intake?

Anxiety at Work

Too Hot to Sleep?

Safeguarding Staff Health

Be SunSmart This Summer At Work

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