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Online Exclusive: Sample Healthcare Worker Injury Prevention Policy
COCA Online Exclusive February 2012
California has adopted the Hospital Patient and Health Care Worker Injury Protection Act in Section 6403.5 of the Labor Code. The act covers the lifting, repositioning, and transfer of patients by healthcare workers in acute care hospitals. . . . more »

Ergonomics: Sprains and Strains Top 2010 Work-Related Injuries; Identify and Control the Hazards Behind These Injuries
February 2012
In 2010, more California workers missed worktime because of sprains and strains than any other work-related injury. Nearly 54,000 California workers had to stay home for one or more days due to this type of injury. . . . more »

Ergonomics: Are Your Workers on Their Knees? Maybe They're Begging for These Knee Injury Prevention Strategies
April 2011
Most people give up crawling as a regular daily activity around the time they turn one year old. For low seam coal miners, though, being on their hands and knees is something they do eight to 10 hours a day. . . . more »

Ergonomics: Back Injuries Cost California Farms More Than $22 Million Each Year; Prevent These Costly Injuries
September 2010
Life on the farm can mean back-breaking work for the workers who spend their days in the fields. Carrying heavy weights such as tools and produce, they work bent over, kneeling, reaching over plants, and twisting their wrists as they apply force. . . . more »

Ergonomics: Preventing Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Garment Industry; Tips from the OHB
May 2010
Garment manufacturing in California has fallen on hard times since its heyday in the mid-1990s, when the Los Angeles garment district alone provided jobs to more than 100,000 textile and apparel workers. . . . more »

Featured Resource: Ergonomics: A Checklist for Safer Sewing Machine Operations
May 2010
A properly adjusted workstation is critical to ergonomic injury prevention in any job. Use this checklist to make sure that sewing machine workstations are properly adjusted. . . . more »

News Note: Newly Revised Fact Sheet for Garment Workers Now Available
April 2010
California's Occupational Health Branch/Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, in cooperation with the Labor Occupational Safety & Health Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, has issued a newly revised fact sheet, . . . more »

Bulletin: NIOSH offers Spanish-language guide for preventing musculoskeletal injuries in construction workers
March 2010
NIOSH recently published a Spanish-language translation of its guide Simple Solutions--Ergonomics for Construction Workers. The booklet is designed to help employers and workers adopt effective ways to . . . more »

News Note: Study Shows Big Payoff from Pre-hiring Physical Screenings of Drivers
March 2010
A two-year study by Atlas Ergonomics, a provider of ergonomic service and technology, found that systematic physical screenings of truck drivers for ergonomic risks following a conditional job offer led to a 7 percent reduction in . . . more »

News Note: Proactive Approach to Ergonomics Reduces Pain in Office Workers
December 2009
To reduce your employees' pain and improve their productivity, you need to do more than just buy ergonomic office equipment, says a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Me . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: Workers Might Not Stay Strong to the Finish While Weeding Spinach; Employer Cited for Providing Short-Handled Tools
August 2009
While conducting a "heat sweep" of area farms on July 25, 2007 to check for compliance with heat illness prevention regulations, two state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspectors observed employees . . . more »

Ergonomics: Protect the Most Versatile Joint and Prevent Shoulder Injuries in Your Workplace
May 2009
Although injuries to the low back are more common, shoulder injuries tend to be more serious, keeping workers off the job for an average of 30 days while the average for back injuries is 12 days . . . more »

News Note: Agency Reports Ergonomic Injuries Down; Some Industry Rates Remain High
May 2009
The rate of musculoskeletal disorders across all U.S. private industry decreased from 49.6 per 10,000 in 2003 to 38.6 per 10,000 in 2006, an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data . . . more »

Bulletin: COCA Online Exclusive: Process evaluation worksheet
September 2008
This month, in Part 2 of our series on the ergonomics of lean manufacturing, COCA board member and Certified Professional Ergonomist Chris Shulenberger explains why the intersection of ergonomics and . . . more »

Ergonomics: Lean Manufacturing, Part 2: The Risk of MSDs from Tasks That Add No Value to the Product
September 2008
What if you could reduce your manufacturing costs, improve productivity, and prevent ergonomic injuries all at once? Sound too good to be true? . . . more »

Ergonomics: Lean Manufacturing, Part 1; When More Efficiency Leads to Aching Backs
August 2008
Over the last decade, many manufacturers have embraced "lean manufacturing," a strategy to eliminate wasted time, motion, and storage by streamlining production, altering production processes, and paring back warehousing. These changes often show up in the bottom line at . . . more »

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