AtomicErgo Episode 23: LR Weeden, CM-Lean, LCI-CPC

This episode is all about Lean Construction!

In this episode Earl-Ray Neal interviews L.R. Weeden, CM – Lean, LCI – CPC and current Superintendent and Lean Advocate at Layton Construction

Key moments are:

How the “Toyota Way” can impact commercial construction
What is Lean Construction?
Why Lean Construction is important
How Lean Construction will grow into the future

As always we love to support our guests charity of choice. Please visit www.acementor.org

To connect with Mr. Weeden you can visit his LinkedIn

Check out Ergonauts at: ergonauts.com or www.linkedin.com/company/ergonauts

You don’t want to miss this one.

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives.

For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

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AtomicErgo Episode 22: Steve Davis – Founder and CVO of Ergonauts Performance Technologies

Earl-Ray Neal interviews Steve Davis- Founder and CVO of Ergonauts Performance Technologies

Announcing Ergonauts Approved – the first standardized approval process for ergonomic and safety products!

Key moments are:

What is Ergonauts Approved and why it matters
What are the Mission Control webinars
Where you can find Ergonauts on social media
The 2024 Applied Ergo Conference
Whats Next for Ergonauts?
Launching a partnership to create a NATIONAL network for home office ergonomic evaluations

Check out Ergonauts at: ergonauts.com or www.linkedin.com/company/ergonauts

You don’t want to miss this one.

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives.

For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

The AtomicErgo Podcast can be found on the following platforms:

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AtomicErgo Episode 21: Bill Dobbins – Owner of Caster Concepts

In this episode Earl-Ray Neal interviews Bill Dobbins, MD, MBA – Owner of Caster Concepts

Key moments are:

How Caster Concepts gives back to its community of Albion, MI
Importance of Conscious Capitalism
Why being “Made in America” matters
How casters serve as injury prevention

Check out Caster Concepts at: www.casterconcepts.com

As always we love to support our guests charity of choice. Please visit https://albionfoundation.org/donate/

You don’t want to miss this one.

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives.

For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

The AtomicErgo Podcast can be found on the following platforms:

To watch in a separate tab: https://youtu.be/lxJimV7lztI

AtomicErgo Episode 20: Dr. Monick Anderson, OTD, Founder of Flow Ergonomics

This episode focuses on Entrepreneurship in Ergonomics

Earl-Ray Neal interviews Dr. Monick Anderson, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CEAS – Founder of Flow Ergonomics

Key moments are:

How Monick came into ergonomics Importance of outreach to the general public for ergonomics
Trends in ergonomics
What young therapists should do early on in their careers

Visit Dr. Monick Anderson at flow-ergonomics.com

As always we love to support our guests charity of choice. Please visit Boys and Girls Club of Southern Nevada and WHALER’s Creation

You don’t want to miss this one.

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives.

For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

The AtomicErgo Podcast can be found on the following platforms:

To watch in a separate tab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK47H4GOR84

Mission Control – “I’ll Have What She’s Having: When Safety Met Actuary”

This episode is an absolute treat!

We are delighted to have Melissa Huenefeldt, a consulting actuary for Milliman, and Larry Poague, a risk management consultant with Holmes Murphy, here to share with us how risk and safety professionals can work hand in hand with actuaries.

Some of the key topics are:

Why actuaries and risk professionals need to work together.
Why data is gold – but not ALL data is gold (how data can be manipulated)
How long-tailed lines (ex. workers compensation) impact losses 10 or even 20 years from the start of a claim
Why it is so important to trend your organizations safety risk, and how to do so

Thank you to Melissa and Larry!

For more information and to find out how to joint other live trainings visit the Ergonauts Performance Technologies’ LinkedIn page

Mission control is produced by Ergonauts Executive Board Member, Rey Lira

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives. For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: https://blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

For more information and to find out how to join other live trainings visit the Ergonauts Performance Technologies’ LinkedIn page

Learn more about Melissa and Larry on their LinkedIn profiles.

To watch in a separate tab: https://youtu.be/RHmzH0pb1KI

To learn more about ergonauts visit Ergonauts.com

AtomicErgo Episode19: Gary Downey, Senior Ergonomist at The Ergonomics Center (NCSU)

Earl-Ray Neal interviews Gary Downey, MS, PE, CPE, Senior Ergonomist at The Ergonomic Center (NC State University)

In this episode they discuss one of the most important factors in health and safety – Ergonomic Program Development.

Why employee “buy-in” is so important in Ergonomic Programs
Challenges facing companies given the again workforce, and conversely, what challenges they face with the younger generations taking over.
What is the next “big thing” in ergonomics.
Also, check out the Applied Ergonomics Convention: https://www.iise.org/aec/

To watch the interview with Gary Orr referenced in the video click here: https://youtu.be/Xdc0sJTzDRI

As always we love to support our guests charity of choice. Please visit PBS.org

You don’t want to miss this one.

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives.

For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: https://blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

The AtomicErgo Podcast can be found on the following platforms:

To watch in a separate tab: https://youtu.be/vRM2nWHTtkk

AtomicErgo Episode18: Nate Snyder, MPH, CSP, Global Dir. of Safety and Security, Red Wing Shoe Company

Earl-Ray Neal interviews Nate Snyder Director of Safety and Security at Red Wing Shoe Company and Board of Directors of the Minnesota Safety Council.

In this episode they discuss Nates’s educational and professional background as well as:

What is the next big thing in safety
The age related crisis facing worker safety
Management systems and how they should be structured and who they should work for
Operational ownership

As always we love to support our guests charity of choice. Please visit www.savetheboundarywaters.org

You don’t want to miss this one.

Brought to you by Ergonauts Performance Technologies. “Ergonomics for Everyone”

Also, check out Red Wing Shoes for the best workwear out there.

Health and Safety is weaved through every aspect of industry, business and our private lives.

For more great health and safety content from a wide range of experts visit: https://blog.ergonauts.com

To learn more about Ergonauts visit: ergonauts.com

The AtomicErgo Podcast can be found on the following platforms:

To watch in a separate tab: https://youtu.be/9EpRpEU5qhE

Mission Control – Ergonomic Solutions Series: Casters as Ergonomic Solutions in Material Handling

Mission Control is a free town forum style webinar that Ergonauts produces with the sole purpose of bringing new and exciting health and safety related topics to as many people as possible.

In this episode Doug Backinger of Caster Concepts shares with us how casters improve material handling by improving ergonomics. Casters are often one of the last factors considered in workplace safety. Doug explains why this should no longer be the case.

Some of the key topics are:

Why are casters important in the first place
Design considerations
Case studies of modifying caster implementation
And he shares some key things to consider when deciding what sort of caster fits your companies need the best.

Thank you to Dough Backinger VP of Sales at Caster Concepts Inc. Casterconcepts.com

Mission control is produced by Ergonauts Executive Board Member, Rey Lira

For more information and to find out how to join other live trainings visit the Ergonauts Performance Technologies’ LinkedIn page

To watch in a separate tab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DAHnxAE7NY

To learn more about ergonauts visit Ergonauts.com

Mission Control – Anatomy of an Injury Series – Risk Factors for Shoulder Injuries/Illnesses and Possible Solutions

Mission Control is a free town forum style webinar that Ergonauts produces with the sole purpose of bringing new and exciting health and safety related topics to as many people as possible.

In this Episode Dr. Greg Pitts, OTD, MS OTR/L CHT, focuses on Shoulder injuries – Risk factors and possible solutions

Greg will break it down for us and discuss:

Causes of shoulder injuries/illnesses.
Risk factors that causes these injuries\illnesses.
Treatment cost as opposed to prevention cost based on remediation of risk factors.
And early signs and symptoms that you should look for managing your Ergonautic processes.

For more information and to find out how to joint other live trainings visit the Ergonauts Performance Technologies’ LinkedIn page

Mission control is produced by Ergonauts Executive Board Member, Rey Lira

For more information and to find out how to join other live trainings visit the Ergonauts Performance Technologies’ LinkedIn page

More about Dr. Greg Pitts

Dr. Pitts (he insists we call him Greg), OTD, MS OTR/L CHT, is recognized as one of the top Hand Therapist on the planet. In his career, which has spanned over three decades, Greg’s been a practitioner, an academic and researcher. Greg regularly speaks/trains both domestically and internationally and serves as a professor at Spalding University. Greg is a successful entrepreneur and serves as the CEO of Commonwealth Hand and Physical Therapy, Bluegrass Properties and Commonwealth Hand Technologies. He’s also the Chair of the AHTF Advisory Board. As a Board Member at Ergonauts, Greg’s cutting-edge approach as a technological solution to the magnitude of illnesses due to poor ergonomics is driving our future tech development.

To watch in a separate tab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKPHwSLNpww&t=4s

To learn more about ergonauts visit Ergonauts.com

AtomicErgo Podcast: Episode 17 with Gary Orr, MSIE, CPE, PE, Health Scientist – Ergonomist US Department of Labor – OSHA

Earl-Ray Neal interviews Gary Orr, an expert in human factors and ergonomics.

They discuss Gary’s educational and professional background, his interest in keeping people safe in their work, and his recent attendance at the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society conference. They also talk about the need to accommodate the aging population in the workforce and preserve their valuable institutional knowledge.

Additionally, they discuss the development of exoskeletons and the future of ergonomics.

You don’t want to miss this one.

To watch in a separate tab: https://youtu.be/Xdc0sJTzDRI