by Joe Copeland | Nov 20, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
It’s a twist on a well-worn topic. But we wanted to catch your attention. And we’re shameless. Many of us have already heard enough about workplace safety to cause us to roll our eyes. Again. So here’s a different crack at the topic of workplace safety. Maybe you’ve...
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....
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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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