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TheMythology
ofErgonomics
You're doingergonomics wrong...
...and it's disablingyour workforce anddriving up WC costs.
Ergonomics claims toembody the "laws of
work".So...
...quit wasting yourtime on trivial
assocaitions withbiomechanics.
FORCE
DURATION
REPETITION
These things aren'tdriving up MSD and
WC costs.
Not
her
e...
Or here...
Maybe here...
There is one significantrisk factor for back, neck
and upper extremityMSD...
...and this risk factorsdwarfs all other risk
factors...
...combined.
This factor is...
JOB SATISFACTION
But, you've told yourworkforce a different
story.
So, you get to treatMSD in the WC
system...
...where employeeswill experience twicethe disability and youget to pay a lot more!
It's time forergonomics to grow
up.
Learn how at theGeorgia Safety
Conference.http://www.georgiaconference.org/
