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Sitting versus Standing Work No one will stand all day when they have the opportunity to sit. This is because the body works harder when standing than when sitting. However, work production [...]

BIFMA updates its ergonomics guideline From www.reminetwork.com – August 12, 11:58 AM  The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) recently revised its 2002 [...]

F08 Friday by Jane E Sleeth with Optimal Performance ConsultantsTITLE: Accessible Design: Where Form gets to Know FunctionTime 9:00am – 11:00amLeveL intermediateCEU 0.2Fee $95 / $105 [...]

On the topic of Human Factors/Cognitive Ergonomics; Guidelines on Visual Manual Distraction when Driving. Many people do not know that Ergonomics has a subspeciality called Human Factors or [...]

HI Kathy – you have posed a question which falls right into the prevue and expertise of Ergonomics/Human Factors design at a number of levels and one our firm has been involved in for over 22 [...]

Jane Sleeth of Optimal Performance Consultants has been nominated by one of her long term business mentors, Lori Benson as Entrepreneur of the Year this month. This is part of Ernst and [...]

How does the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation affect Our Business? On June 3rd, 2011, the AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards became law. This set of standards includes three of [...]

For those professionals that like to take an evidence based approach to injury and accident prevention the science that informs us all about this is Human Factors Design. Engineers use it, [...]

Safety Blitzes Announced for Ontario Workplaces The Ontario Ministry of Labour (“MOL”) has announced that three workplace enforcement blitzes targeting workplace hazards will be conducted by MOL [...]

New Mandatory Health and Safety Training Regulation Proposed under OHSA Posted: 07 Jan 2013 The Ontario government has proposed a new regulation to be made under the Occupational Health and [...]