There are various safety risks that could come up for people who work at poultry processing plants. This includes musculoskeletal injury risks. Examples of such injuries poultry processing workers sometimes suffer include:Carpal tunnel syndromeLower back...
Managers in manufacturing may equate increased safety with slowing down, thus decreasing productivity. In truth, improved safety can increase productivity. Convergence Training, a developer of training management software for industrial and manufacturing sectors,...
An office may not seem like the most dangerous place to work. While offices are generally safer than construction sites, office injuries still happen and they are more common than you might think. If you work in an office, you might be sitting at a desk most of the...
How dangerous is a moving forklift? According to Prolift, the average weight of a forklift is nine thousand pounds, plus a forklift can reach speeds of six to twelve miles per hour. However, since forklifts often work in the vicinity of Illinois pedestrians, this...
In Illinois, if you own a business and have even a single employee, you are required to have workers' compensation insurance. However, the high cost of workers' comp coverage results in some small-business owners not purchasing coverage.That's unwise. Businesses face...
In an Illinois workplace where you handle heavy objects and loads, in many instances it is a bad call to try and move something by yourself. Even if you understand how to properly lift a heavy object, some loads are simply too much for your arms alone. Attempting to...
When you go to work, the last thing on your mind is probably having an accident. However, there are many people at work every day to ensure that you are kept safe on the job in Illinois. Still, despite these attempts, accidents still happen. According to Arbill, there...
How do you feel about sharing your Illinois workspace with a robot? Does it threaten your safety and job security? Until recently, most industrial robots had massive automated arms for jobs like painting, assembly or welding, and they were in the confines of cages...
Like many in Illinois, you likely spent most of your life waking up to the sound of an alarm clock. Lately, you may have programmed a louder sound into the alarm on your mobile device, or maybe you are one of those people for whom the birds outside your window are...
Illinois is home to various manufacturing companies where assembly line work is a mainstay of production. Perhaps you work at the very same company your parents or grandparents worked at years ago. Overall, you've been quite satisfied with your job. It is steady...
