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- Unraveling the Workers Comp Crisis: Bionomics a New Injury Prevention Strategy Makes the Workplace Safer - Lowers Claims Costs and Lost Workdays
- Workers compensation costs have been a growing problem for years. Back injuries, carpal tunnel and other very prevalent and expensive injuries cost corporate America over a billion dollars per week. Companies have gone out of business; laid off employees; moved out of costly states such as California; curtailed growth; and...
- White papers 2005-07-20
- Healthcare Workplace Safety Training Reaps Big Savings
- After watching significant chunks of revenue go to insurance premiums, reserves for injury cases and payments for medical care on existing claims, the CFO of the Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital, in Willits, California, started to look for ways to reduce the costs of claims, and the eventual reduction of...
- Case studies 2004-09-04
- Future Industrial Technologies Case Study: Mission Linen Supply
- Mission Linen Supply, a company that launders uniforms and linens for restaurants, hospitals and other institutional organizations, has 50 locations in five western states-2,700 employees, only 800 of whom are delivery drivers. Yet in 2003 they discovered that their delivery drivers were responsible for almost half the reported workplace injuries....
- Case studies 2004-12-09
- Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI): A Major Workplace Safety Issue
- The newsroom of San Jose Mercury News, like any daily newspaper, is crammed with reporters at their computers with arms raised and fingers flying as the deadline approaches. All this typing and clicking can cause damage to muscles, tendons and nerves and an alarming number of people who work at...
- Case studies 2004-10-14
- What Costs Corporate America a Billion Dollars a Week and Is Getting Worse?
- Workers compensation costs have been a growing problem for years. Back injuries, carpal tunnel and other very prevalent and costly injuries cost corporate America over a billion dollars per week. How many companies have to go out of business; lay employees off; move out of state; curtail growth; see valuable...
- White papers 2004-10-05
- Three Simple Rules for Back Safety
- It is has been widely reported that 80% of the population will experience a back incident in their lifetime. That extraordinary number would make one wonder if the spine is designed to withstand the rigors of work and daily activities. Considering the body conducts millions of precise functions perfectly every...
- White papers 2004-08-31
- Workers Compensation Solutions Aimed at the Wrong Target
- Corporations and government agencies alike have been diligently trying to control workers compensation losses. This exercise has continued for decades only to witness one crisis after another and new versions of government reform. There have been many that, despite their efforts to rein in costs, have felt the defeat of...
- White papers 2005-04-28
- Aging Workforce
- "Aging workforce" is a term often heard throughout corporate America. One has read how, over the next decade, the 45 and older active worker crowd will grow to an unprecedented percentage of the working population. This reality became sparkling clear to the author. Typically while conducting interviews with clients and...
- White papers 2005-10-07
- Ergonomics Vs. Bionomics
- The difference between ergonomics and Bionomics is that the focus is not on the physical environment ergonomics per se, but on the proper management of the body. Bionomics was conceived as an answer to the ubiquitous sprain/strain type injuries. It is said that 80% of the population will experience a...
- White papers 2005-11-17
Additional Resources
- Industrial materials for the future: the Dept. of Energy has ongoing programs for the research, design, development, engineering, and testing of advanced materials.
- Through the Industrial Materials of the Future IMF program, the Industrial Technologies office of the U.S. Department of Energy DOE leads a national effort to research, design, develop, engineer, and test new materials for the aluminum, chemical, Through the Industrial Materials of the Future IMF program,...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- DOE AND IHEA TO PARTNER FOR INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE.(United States. Department of Energy)(Industrial Heating Equipment Association)(Brief Article)
- The Industrial Heating Equipment As sociation IHEA has entered into an agreement with the Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies to become an Allied Partner during IHEA's Annual Meeting, held on March 21 in Orlando, FL. The Industrial Heating Equipment As sociation...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- Industrial Materials for the Future launches new projects. (Materials Science/R&D).
- Twenty-eight new R&D projects in the "Industrial Materials for the Future" program have been launched by the Dept. of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies OIT. Three examples are Nooter Fabricators, St. Louis, Mo.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill. ...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- BACKSAFE injury prevention program is most effective solution for repetitive stress injuries
- SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 24, 1997--Future Industrial Technologies (F.I.T.), leaders in injury prevention training, whose clients include Boeing, United Airlines, Chyrsler, Citibank, schools, hospitals and government agencies announced that after four years of research, development and successful application, now has a certified national network of Injury Prevention Consultants. ...
- Research articles 1997-04-24
- Market promises slow but steady gains for future. (power transmission equipment)(Industry Overview)
- A robust early-1995 has given way to a slightly mellower year-end market for power transmission PT products. Though the past year has been one of steep demand due to strong economic growth, suppliers expect only moderate gains in 1996. "Driven primarily by automotive,...
- Research articles 1995-12-14
- GE's New Fund Hopes to Help 'Shape the Future of Healthcare'
- The Burrill Report submits: The industrial giant GE plans to boost its already sizable presence in the healthcare arena with the establishment of the “GE Healthymagination Fund,” a $250 million equity fund that will make investments in healthcare technology companies. The fund will invest in companies globally that have...
- External links 2009-10-23
- Phoenix Technologies' PICO Group Announces Broad Licensing Agreement with Octagon Systems; Leader in Industrial PC Market to Use PICO Software Foundations, Including PCMCIA and Power Management, in Future Designs
- SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1996--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC), a leading supplier of standards-based compatibility software for the PC industry, and its PICO Group, a leading supplier of software foundations for Information Appliances, today announced a broad licensing agreement with Octagon Systems, a leader in the emerging Industrial PC...
- Research articles 1996-09-03
- The Industrial Internet: Powering a Digital Enterprise Revolution, According to Frost & Sullivan
- To capitalize on the full potential of Internet technologies, manufacturers in a wide range of industries must look beyond e-commerce applications and envision the use of the Internet on the factory floor. Internet technologies will play a vital role in the future of production, supply, distribution, customer service and...
- Research articles 2000-08-01
- Can wireless standards work together? The industrial world has spawned numerous standards bodies. Can they bridge the chasms between IT, RF, and wireless industrial bus protocols with standards that deliver coexistence and interoperability?(INTELLIGENT SY
- The introduction of wireless data transport into the industrial sector represents a convergence of the monitoring and control world, wireless sensor technology, and the IT community. Each element of this triad has its own standards and practices. The challenge for those currently using wireless technology, as...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Frisby Technologies, Inc. CEO Greg Frisby Talks to The Wall Street Transcript
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 6, 1999-- The Wall Street Transcript has published an in-depth interview with Greg Frisby of Frisby Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRIZ), in which he talks at length about his company's future. He says, "Frisby Technologies is a company that develops and markets innovative and branded thermal management...
- Research articles 1999-05-06
- IMEC and TNO Initiate New Research Center, the Holst Centre, to Develop Wireless Microsystems and System-in-Foil Technologies; Philips Becomes First Industrial Partner of Holst Centre
- LEUVEN, Belgium & EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands -- The Belgian R&D institute IMEC and neighboring Dutch TNO have announced the creation of The Holst Centre, a new research center that will develop future generations of wireless autonomous transducer solutions and systems-in-foil. Within the center, IMEC (Flanders, Belgium) and TNO The Netherlands...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
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