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Cellphone-related head and neck injuries

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For Your Health & Wellness: Cellphone injuries

Cellphone-related head and neck injuries on the rise, study says

January 1, 2020

People distracted by their cellphones are tripping, falling and hurting their heads and necks more often, with such injuries increasing “steeply” over a 20-year period, a new analysis has found.

Defining worker well-being – experts propose new framework

Starting point for NIOSH efforts to improve occupational safety and health

August 9, 2018

How do we define and measure worker well-being? A proposed conceptual framework, with implications for future efforts to improve occupational safety and health, is presented in the July issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

How to keep MSDs from affecting your company’s productivity

March 29, 2018

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) may not make the headlines like more dramatic injuries do, but they nonetheless have a considerable –and negative – impact on companies’ bottom lines. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports in 2013, MSD cases accounted for 33% of all worker injury and illness cases. Work related MSDs are among the most frequently reported causes of lost or restricted work time.

Top 10 Workplace Trends for 2017 – Did they get it right?

January 2, 2018

On January 4, 2017, ISHN posted on its website an article in which industrial and organizational psychologists predicted the workplace trends that would dominate this year. Were they accurate in their forecasts? Here is the article. Judge for yourself.

Stock market performance linked to employee health & safety programs

January 13, 2016

A study utilizing investment simulations for 17 publicly held companies with strong health or safety programs for employees suggests that employers that invest significantly in health and safety programming can outperform other companies in the marketplace.

ISHN's search for creative safety

February 25, 2014

Hello to all. ISHN magazine is searching for examples, case studies, of creative safety in action. These are to be short, 500 words or less, anecdotes of safety campaigns, training activities, practices that reduced injuries, practices that increased employee engagement in safety, practices that got senior leaders more engaged in safety.

This webinar will provide attendees information and demographics on the profession and what can be done to make every effort to ensure young OEHS professionals are learning about what we do to continue our “mission” – working with management at all levels to ensure that a safe and healthy work environment is provided and maintained.