Category: Occupational health and design
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Importance of indoor air quality
Indoor air quality is often overlooked by businesses as a potential health issue, uncontrolled it can become a significant health and safety matter. There are 5 simple steps your organisation can take to ensure indoor air quality and the health of workers.
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Google Flu Trends
Google has found a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually have flu symptoms and has developed a real time map across the globe showing internet search trends. Due to many people not attending the doctor when they have the flu it makes health data difficult to…
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The flu reaches epidemic status in the United States
Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States, the flu season hit the US early and hard. Twenty children have died from the virus that has swept across most of the country, there are vaccine shortages and New York Govenor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency. There have already been five…
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Evacuation diagrams and evacuation signs
Keeping people safe at work means having a clear plan for when things go wrong. Most businesses use evacuation diagrams on the wall to show exits, assembly points, and fire extinguishers. A lot of managers think these wall signs are directly required by WHS laws, but that is actually a myth. Under the model WHS…
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New Australian Mesothelioma Registry
The Australian Mesothelioma Registry released its first data report on the 13th of September. The new report includes information on 612 mesothelioma cases diagnosed during 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2011, notified to the registry up to 31 August 2012. Representing a rate of 2.7 per 100,000 population. This is considered by the registry…
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Ergonomics at work in New York
There is something peculiar about one of the steps leading from the 36 Street subway station, in New York City. Dean Peterson a daily commuter began noticing that he regularly tripped on one of the steps leading from the station. But why?
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A few points on workplace needs assessments
Workplace needs assessments can be very effective when trying to get a health promotion program off the ground, I have made a few notes about the key points I have identified when conducting an assessment.
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How many germs are in a usual office?
Scientists reveal office workers are exposed to more germs from their phones and keyboards than toilet seats. A study conducted by the University of Arizona revealed that an office desk is capable of supporting 10 million bacteria, with the average office containing 20,961 germs per square inch. Key offenders include telephones which harbour up to…