How a holistic ergonomic approach can develop resilience in Home Care workers Unit 6 Holistic Ergonomics Social Psychology of Risk Narelle Stoll August 2018 Traditional approaches in ergonomics tends to a focus on the individual and their response to the physical arrangements of their work environment. For example the individuals posture, movement and reaction time […]
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Quality of Life
Drewie sent me this article after I recently had some draining and scary medical experiences. After emerging into the world after being a recluse in hospital recluse I was disappointed to find that quality of life was now measured by how many Pokemons you had found. I found it totally inspiring, germane and too good […]
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Work Life Balance – What’s The Message?
Work Life Balance – What’s The Message? There is a lot of talk these days in organisations about ‘work-life balance’. You can attend training courses (short online courses are the best I find if you want to make major changes in your life ), participate in coaching programs and even enrol in courses run by […]
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What Safety and Risk Could Learn From Patch Adams
What Safety and Risk Could Learn From Patch Adams Gesundheit – Toward Holistic Health Last night I watched the movie Patch Adams starring the late, and amazingly talented, Robin Williams. The story for those who don’t know it is broadly based around the work and life of the real life medical doctor called Patch Adams. […]
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Stirring the OHS pot
Great article by Kevin Jones. Quote: “OHS professionals have an insane reliance on documentation and rules to make workplaces safe. The workplace has now become so regimented that workers have little ability to think about risk or to think creatively about OHS beyond immediate hazards. Nor do they necessarily receive training in creative thought or […]
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Another Viewpoint on Fatigue
First post, in a hopefully a series, by our newest Author, John Toomey, “The Fatigue Professor” from AUSTRALIAN WELLNESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING Another Viewpoint on Fatigue Back in the 80’s when I was working as a Conditioning Coach and Nutritionist for a variety of AFL Teams, players worked full time and trained 3 to 4 times […]
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The Health Hazards of Shift Work
The Health Hazards of Shift Work I get sent a lot of these info graphics, mostly from personal accident lawyers, but have tended to ignore them. I have been reading lately about how popular and effective they are at communicating basic messages? This one is from the Eastern Kentucky University and I would love to […]
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HEALTH and safety–the devolution of society
HEALTH and safety – the devolution of society – what the hell does this have to do with cats? We don’t often publish posts on this blog about the HEALTH aspects of OHS, lots of articles about the brain and psychology but perhaps we should focus more attention on our bodies – after all they […]
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Organizational Behavior’s Link with Obesity
Obesity, and other health related issues are a major and growing concern for employers and many don’t know how to deal with these concerns proactively and effectively. Obesity seems to be the elephant in the room (poor choice of words – sorry) in terms of risk and safety and hitherto mostly dealt with in relation […]
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OHS and your own health
OHS = Occupational Health and Safety so lets talk about your health A lot of us are out there preaching about occupational health and safety but do we practice what we preach? The message to the workforce kind of loses its impact if the people selling it are overweight and stressed out. Here are some […]
