by Joe Copeland | Jul 18, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
When considering workplace safety, it is vitally important to answer a set of questions: Is it the worker, or is it the actual work (or both) that presents a safety challenge? How could we find out? Once we know the answer, what do we do? This post is not about...
by Joe Copeland | Jun 11, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
Ah, the glory of youth! We believed we were invulnerable. We had resilience, strength, and we knew it all. We took our youthful bravado into our first jobs: many of us worked first (and even second and third) jobs that were physically demanding, labor-intensive jobs....
by Joe Copeland | May 22, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
What prevents many workplace injuries and keeps your pants from falling down, all at the same time? Give up? It’s a belt. And it’s a belt unlike any other. The SmartBelt by Modjoul uses embedded hard- and software to monitor how people move, where they are, and the...
by Joe Copeland | Apr 16, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
Welcome to the New Normal in these United States. We now live in a time when: The American population is becoming increasingly older. The American population is becoming increasingly overweight. First, some numbers about aging. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports...
by Joe Copeland | Apr 3, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
The National Safety Council recently published a comprehensive report summarizing results from their 2017 National Employer and Employee Surveys on Workplace Fatigue. It’s clear from the report that fatigue is a serious safety problem. 32% of employers report injuries...
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