DJ Products, Inc.

Una forma para guardar a su compañía fuera de los retículos del OSHA (véase nuestro poste anterior) es abrazar la ergonómica. Usando principios ergonómicos para diseñar el equipo, los sitios de trabajo del plan y el funcionamiento de la tarea de la estructura se ha demostrado disminuir perceptiblemente lesiones y fatalidades del trabajador. Los negocios cosechan ventajas adicionales en costes médicos, del seguro, de la inhabilidad y del trabajador disminuidos de la remuneración. Pocas horas-hombre se pierden a lesión donde se practica la ergonómica.

El movimiento, el overextension y el overexertion de elevación, repetidores son lesiones comunes en ambientes de la dirección material, del almacenamiento y de la logística.  Lesiones a la parte posteriora, al cuello, a los hombros, a las manos y a las muñecas pueden dar lugar a inhabilidades serias, a largo plazo - y los costos médicos y del seguro fuertes que van con ellas. La lesión dorsal es lesión citada de las demandas de la remuneración del trabajador. Muchas de estas lesiones son preventable cuando se emplean el equipo ergonómico y las estrategias.

La fabricación de una inversión en ergonómica es fabricación de una inversión en su mano de obra. Demostrar la preocupación en sus empleados' salud y bienestar tiene un efecto directo y altamente positivo en moral y productividad del trabajador. Los productos de DJ pueden ayudarle a determinar sus necesidades ergonómicas. Utilice nuestro práctico Calculadora ergonómica de la carga estimar la fuerza necesitó mover los carros cargados, castered el equipo y rodó la maquinaria. Nuestro personal experimentado puede ayudar a evaluar sus necesidades ergonómicas y a recomendarlas carros y tirones ergonómicamente diseñados engranado para mejorar la seguridad de su facilidad y para proteger la salud de sus empleados. Su inversión inicial en ergonómica será balanceada rápidamente por ahorros en costos médicos, del seguro y de la inhabilidad. Visite nuestro Web site hoy para la información completa.

En una audiencia del congreso reciente, los críticos cargaron que el OSHA underreporting lesiones. En preguntar la capacidad de la agencia federal señalada para proteger la salud y la seguridad de trabajadores americanos, los críticos citaron varios estudios independientes, afirmando que la mitad de todas las lesiones del lugar de trabajo va casi no denunciada al OSHA.

Independent studies cited both reviewed the impact of changes to OSHA’s injury-reporting rules and compared injury data reported to OSHA by employers with that reported to state workers’ compensation plans. In one study, a Michigan State University professor of medicine noted that while workplace fatalities have not declined over the years, reported injuries have declined significantly. He found the data suspect. According to the professor, a decline in injuries should have resulted in a similar decline in fatalities. 

The significant data discrepancies between OSHA and state worker’s compensation plans were attributed to numerous possible causes, including the underreporting of injuries to employers by immigrant workers concerned about job retention, reclassification of workers by employers into non-reporting job descriptions, managers discouraging injury reporting, and several other causes. Reports came just shy of charging employer fraud, criticizing OSHA for relying solely on employer statistics.

OSHA defended its reporting procedures, pointing out that in addition to employer submitted data, each year its agents conduct 250 record-keeping audits of employers. OSHA said audits indicate that 90% of employer-submitted data on injuries and illness is accurate. Defending OSHA before the House Committee on Education and Labor, OSHA assistant secretary Edwin Foulke, Jr. said, “In Fiscal Year 2008, of the almost 57,000 violations issued so far, 80% have been categorized as serious, willful, repeat or failure-to-abate, the highest percentage ever recorded by the agency. We are also effectively targeting our inspections.” While Foulke noted that violations were found on 78% of the construction worksites inspected this year, he contended that OSHA’s diligence is responsible for the lowest workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities in U.S. history.

Today we conclude our six-part series on Why Businesses Fail (see our posts starting July 14). One of the primary reasons businesses fail is:

• Faulty attitudes and objectives. Businesses fail when personal or company desires are placed ahead of customers’ wants and desires. You don’t run your business; your customers run your business. Customer satisfaction is the single-most important factor in driving business and repeat business to your door. Businessmen who forget that don’t remain in business long.

  Employee satisfaction goes hand-in-hand with customer satisfaction. When businesses fail to value their employees, employee satisfaction plummets, taking with it production quality and efficiency and customer satisfaction. It’s a downward spiral from which businesses don’t recover without an attitude adjustment. The bottom line is that it’s the human element that guarantees business success.

DJ Products understands the value and importance of customer and employee satisfaction — both ours and yours. That’s why we manufacture and use ergonomically designed electric carts and motorized cart pushers and equipment movers. Our equipment is smaller, more maneuverable and less costly to purchase and operate than traditional powered equipment like fork trucks, walkies and riding tugs. And our equipment is designed to eliminate the pain and strain of manually moving heavy carts and wheeled equipment. We value the health and safety of our workers — and yours.

DJ Products’ expert sales staff can assist you in assessing your material handling needs. On our website you’ll find a handy Ergonomic Load Calculator designed by experts to estimate the amount of horizontal force needed to move wheeled loads. Our sales staff can help you calculate load factors and recommend material handling products designed to protect the health and safety of your workers. Visit the DJ Products’ website for detailed specs on our complete line of products. If you have a material handling problem, DJ Products can provide the solution.