The Mechanics of Work Related Muscular Skeletal Disorder: And what you can do about it
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An informative article aimed at addressing work health and safety issues around muscular skeletal disorders. The article defines what a muscular skeletal disorder (MSD) is, identifies key mechanisms that increase the risk of MSDs occurring, and recommends some strategies for reducing the prevalence of MSDs in the workplace. The core focus is industrial workplaces with significant manual handling demands.
Muscular skeletal injuries cost us all! Are you willing to keep paying for it?
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A short article focused on bringing the cost of injuries to the fore in the industrial work environment. The goal of the piece is to make decision makers in large companies view spending on safety systems as an investment rather than a cost.
The Sigma Ergonomics Wear plate replacement system
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This article is aimed at introducing a new product into the mining market. It explains the various components and aspects of a heavy lift system designed to make the process of replacing wear plates dozer and grader blades safer. The primary market for this system is heavy vehicle workshops in the mining industry.
Zero G goes Aerial: Making EWPs safer and easier to work from
A short article introdution a new industrial ergonomics system into Australia. The system is designed to make heavy tools lighter and thus prevent muscular skeletal injuries in the industrial work space.
The X-AR LENDS A HAND TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
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This blog identifies how industrial innovation can help people living with muscular dystrophy and other neuormuscular conditions. The product in question is a set of exoskeletal arms that support the limbs of the wearer giving them added strength and stability.