Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 May;41(5):998-1005. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181930355. Sitting time and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Craig [...]
Ergonomics and Human Factors Design is also about technology – making the user interface easy to use or intuitive; ensuring software is designed for the end user not the designers; and [...]
Ontario’s newly formed Prevention Council (see previous Blog by OPC about the new Council and new mandate for the M of L of Ontario) will embark on a province-wide consultation to pursue [...]
Great Blog as MSI’s are still a huge problem for many reasons in North America. This applies to Canada’s workplaces as well. Jane Sleeth and the team of certified ergonomists at [...]
Excerpts from an original Peter Budnick, PhD, CPE article with Ergoweb. Proving the value of ergonomics is a critical part of the process and where most ergonomic and design projects should [...]
LEED Certification and the Pilot Credit 44 – Ergonomics Strategy by JE Sleeth, Kartik Vyas, Carrie DeMaeyer OPC Ergonomic Consultants With every new building, new design, redesign, renovation, [...]
Canadian Human Rights Commission : News Room; OPC wants to ensure all employers in Ontario start to see Accessibility Complaint Trends NCC sets New Standard for Universal AccessibilityYORK STREET [...]
Background and Case Study; One of your employees has let their supervisor know they have been having on-going issues with low back discomfort. They let HR know as well that they will be [...]
I have been reading the ongoing comments from both HR, Facility Managers coupled with some very subjective responses from “ergonomists” about the best method for determining how to [...]
We were recently asked by a client if Ontario has Ergonomic Regulations in place with the answer being no. However it is interesting to note that Ontario thru the Ministry of Labour has further [...]
