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Human factors influencing safety in the workplace

June 21, 2016 Beyond Rewards Inc Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR and Technology, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, International HR Law, Training and Development, Union Relations

Safety is expensive, but an accident is even more costly. All organizations, all business owners, all managers, supervisors and workers in all workplaces need to understand the effect of work performed on the human body and how we influence the demands of the work we do through human interaction. Both of these things relate to the correlation between the worker and the demands of the work they do, known as ergonomics and human factors.

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