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Neck Pain Prevention: Chin Tuck Exercise Video

You should do chin tucks every day if you want to prevent neck pain. They’re a quick exercise you can do sitting at your desk or at the kitchen table. See how to do chin tucks in this exercise video.

Ergonomics: Stocking Shelves and Moving Products

Helpful ergonomic solutions for grocery store workers whose jobs include stocking tasks.

Ergonomics: Nursing Home Resident Lifting and Repositioning

Information representing a range of available options that a nursing home facility may consider to help prevent work-related injuries.

Ergonomics: Nursing Home Resident Transfer from Sitting to Standing

Ergonomic solutions from OSHA on nursing home resident transfer from a seated to a standing position.

Ergonomics: Wheel Chair Residents and Transfer Belts

Ergonomic pointers for caregivers who work in nursing homes.

Ergonomics: Hands and Forearms

Ergonomic principles on safe work practices include gripping properly to reduce risk of injury.

Ergonomics: Housekeeping, Kitchen Work, and Hand Tools

Housekeeping and kitchen work can present ergonomic challenges. Solutions for nursing homes environments are presented.

Ergonomics: Meat and Deli Department Safety

Ergonomic guidelines for employers and their workers in the meat and deli departments.

Ergonomics: Storage and Mobile Medical Equipment in Nursing Homes

Ergonomic information covering medical pumps, transporting equipment, oxygen tanks, and moving food trays.

Ergonomics: Nursing Home Ambulation and Lateral Transfer

Ergonomic solutions for nursing home caregivers to assist residents during ambulation, lateral transfers, and repositioning.

Ergonomics: Identify Problems and Provide Solutions in Nursing Homes

Pushing heavy carts, bending, lifting and carrying may present opportunities for work-related injuries in a nursing home environment.

Ergonomics: Resident Transfer and Lifting in Nursing Homes

Ergonomic solutions for resident transfer from sitting to standing and lifting.

Ergonomics: Bathtub, Shower and Toileting Activities

Sensible ergonomic solutions for resident bathing and toileting.

Ergonomics: Bathtub and Shower Activities

Practical ergonomic solutions for caregivers responsible for bathing nursing home residents.

Ergonomics: Safety in the Meat and Deli Departments

Adjustable tables, non-force grinders, and anti-fatigue mats help prevent injuries in the meat and deli departments.

Workplace Injury and The New OSHA

OSHA has developed incentive plans for employers because they have determined "safety and health programs have been shown to be the key reducing workplace injuries illnesses."

Ergonomics: Process for Protecting Nursing Home Workers

Strong support by management creates the best opportunity for success.

Ergonomics: Produce Department

Certain tools are less stressful to use. For example, a lighweight shorthandled plastic shovel is a good choice for shoveling ice.

Ergonomics: Nursing Home Case Study - Employee Training

Nursing home case study wherein issues such as high injury rates and employee turnover were addressed.

Ergonomics: Recommended Working Postures

Recommended working postures describe body positions that are neutral and comfortable.

Ergonomics: Preferred Work Zone

Work is safest when lifting and reaching is performed within preferred bodily work zones.

Ergonomics: Grocery Store Checkout

Ergonomics principles for use in grocery stores at the front end.

Ergonomics: Laundry

Healthy body postures during work and assisted devices such as linen carts help prevent work related injuries.

Ergonomics: Training Nursing Home Workers

Employees should be trained before they lift or reposition residents or perform other work that may involve risk of injury.

Ergonomics: Cleaning Rooms in Nursing Homes

Ergonomics tips for workers to modify deep sinks and cleaning using electrical devices.

Ergonomics: Potential Job-Specific Concerns

Checklist for identifying potential job-specific ergonomics concerns.

Ergonomics: Implementing Solutions for Prevention

Provides ergonomic solutions for grocery stores that describes changes to equipment, work practices, and procedures to control risk factors.

Ergonomics: Potential Solutions for Prevention

Ergonomic guidelines intended to address factors that are believed to be associated with MSDs in grocery stores.

Ergonomics: Bakery Department Tips

Bakery tasks can be made more ergonomically friendly by positioning the work at the right height.

Ergonomics: Risk Factor Checklist

Checklist for identifying potential ergonomic risk factors by workplace activity.

Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Introduction

Some grocery store work can be physically demanding. In the grocery store industry the presence of risk factors increases the potential for injuries and illnesses.

OSHA Effective Ergonomics: Four-Pronged Comprehensive Approach

Highlights of OSHA's outreach and assistance programs and information about the National Advisory Committee on Ergonomics.

Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines for Retail Grocery Stores

Grocery stores that have implemented injury prevention efforts have said they have successfully reduced work-related injuries and workers' compensation costs.

Ergonomics: Nursing Home Resident Repositioning

Points to remember when repositioning nursing home residents in a chair or during lateral transfer in a seated position.

Ergonomics: Grocery Store Stocking

OSHA provides employers and their employees with ergonomic suggestions to help prevent injuries when performing stocking tasks.

Ergonomics: Lifting Safety

Most grocery store jobs involve some lifting. It is important that employers provide workers with help to lift safely.

Ergonomics: Process of Protecting Workers

OSHA recommends that employers develop a process for systematically addressing ergonomic issues in their facilities.

Ergonomic Solutions: The Dow Chemical Company's Innovative Use of "Six Sigma"

Avoiding ergonomics-related injuries is an important component on The Dow Chemical Company's overall emphasis on safety and health.

Ergonomics: Identifying Problems in Nursing Homes

Assessing the potential for work-related injuries in nursing homes is complex because typical operations involved repeated lifting and repositioning of residents.

Ergonomics Project Results: The Dow Chemical Company

Immediate improvements in the identified risk factors significantly reduced the severity of injuries.

Ergonomics: Nursing Home Case Study

Wyandot County Nursing Home was used in OSHA's case study. The study used a process that reflects many of OSHA's guidelines.

Ergonomics Solution: Analyze, Improve, Control

Improvements are not static, but a part of an ongoing ergonomics safety and health process.

Ergonomics: OSHA Resources

Resources that may be useful to those seeking further information about OSHA, ergonomics, and the prevention of work-related MSDs.

Ergonomics: Guidelines for Nursing Homes

Recommendations for nursing home employers to help reduce the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in their facilities.

Ergonomics: Grocery Store Bakery

Ergonomic principles apply in grocery store bakery departments too. Cake decorating turntables and anti-fatigue mats help employees to be more productive and help prevent injury.

OSHA Effective Ergonomics: Strategy for Success

The highlights of OSHA's accomplishments include guidelines, enforcement, outreach and assistance, and a national advisory committee on ergonomics.

Ergonomics: Checkout, Bagging, Carry Out

Ergonomic solutions for employees who work the front end of the grocery store.

OSHA Ergonomics Case Study: The Dow Chemical Company's Use of the "Six Sigma" Methodology

Ergonomics-related injuries including musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) continue to be a serious problem for employers.

Ergonomics: Repositioning Nursing Home Residents in Bed

Ergonomic solutions for nursing home employees about repositioning residents in bed.

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