ErgoUP Launches New Directory
Ergonomic Consultant Directory
ErgoUP Leg Rests works directly with many ergonomic consultants to provide leg supports to their clients. ErgoUP is now providing a link to professionals that provide ergonomic evaluations and consulting services in the United States. Check for your listing or submit your name to be included.
Modified GoLift Concept Cart
Battery Powered Laundry Cart Lifts & Dumps
ERGOdynamics has designed the concept for this modified GL7 GoLift in order to create a self propelled laundry cart. Lifting heavy loads of laundry is a serious injury risk for those working in the service industry. This particular hotel has laundry chutes on each floor. Large loads of laundry, sometimes wet and very heavy and awkward, are moved from a push cart into the chute by hand.
The modified GoLift power laundry cart will have no lifting mast like most GoLifts. In it’s place will be a powered dumping laundry tote. The battery operated cart is designed to handle up to 500 lbs of laundry. The body of the cart is made of a heavy fabric to prevent pinch point associated with a solid container.
This self propelled laundry cart is a perfect example of how ERGOdynamics can develop custom material handling equipment to provide an ergonomic safe working environment.
21st Annual Southern Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Conference
Tools to Supercharge Your Safety Success
ERGOdynamics President, Myrlin Deveraux to speak at the upcoming ASSE 2011 Conference in Medford, Oregon on Thursday, October 20th. You can catch Myrlin speaking under the session called “Preferred Worker Program: Tools for our Time” along with Heather Grogan.
Online registration is open for this event at http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=989332
Power Window Opener
Automatically Open & Close Privacy Windows
Why you need a powered window opener
Does your office have privacy windows that need to be opened and then closed each time you speak to a patient, customer or client? The motion of reaching up and out and exerting enough force to slide the window open and closed poses injury risk to the worker’s shoulder.
Shoulder injuries are one of the most prevalent on-the-job injuries today. Many of these shoulder injuries result in time loss and permanent restricted tasks and postures. Prevention is always less expensive than reaction when it comes to on the job injuries. So consider this; how many times per day does the receptionist reach to open and close a privacy window? In most offices the window is situated in a way that the reach falls within extended reach areas. We’ve spoken about extended reach and the dangers it poses before. Even though the window requires only a few pounds, normally less than 6, when that force is required at arms length the perceived force effect is multiplied several times. Try this; hold a full cup of coffee like you would normally. Take note of the weight you are sensing. Now hold that same cup at arms length. You should notice a significant difference. An average cup of coffee in a mug weighs about 1 lb. Make a guess about how much weight your feeling when your arm is extended. Now multiply that by 5 or 6 and you have an idea of what it’s like to open and close a privacy window. Count the repetitions and you have an accumulated force/weight for the day.












