by Shyann Walllace, LAT, ATC, CIEE | Mar 10, 2025 | Injury Prevention, Workforce Health
In today’s fast-evolving technological landscape, advancements in artificial intelligence, automation, and wearable tech are reshaping workplace safety and efficiency. Injury Prevention Specialists and Safety Managers understand that the transition from Industry 4.0...
by Tyler Arnold, LAT, ATC | Nov 15, 2024 | Injury Prevention, Workforce Health
For anyone dealing with pain – whether personally or seeing pain or its effect on someone close – understanding pain’s purpose can be challenging. Pain has a very negative connotation in our society and particularly in the workplace. In the 2021-2022...
by Brian Goyne, LAT, ATC | Jul 10, 2024 | Injury Prevention, Workforce Health
A concussion can be defined as a traumatically induced transient disturbance of brain function. This can be caused by a direct blow, jolt, or bump to the head, neck, or body, disrupting the brain’s normal function. In an industrial setting, prompt concussion...
by Steve Fynes, LAT, ATC, CIEE | Jun 25, 2024 | Injury Prevention, Workforce Health
Root Cause Analysis is a critical process in maintaining workplace safety and efficiency. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the root cause of an incident is defined as “a fundamental, underlying, system-related reason why an...
by Taylor Fox, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS | May 19, 2024 | Injury Prevention, Workforce Health
When considering the physically active job demands of industrial workers, the application of Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) concepts can enhance an industrial athlete’s performance from an occupational health and injury prevention standpoint. Anyone can be taught...
by Jeff Rathgeber | Jan 2, 2024 | Injury Prevention
Ben Franklin is known to have said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It was in reference to fire prevention in colonial times. Preventing the fire before it started to save lives and financial cost seems like a very reasonable conclusion or as some...
