A personal story about badly fitting PPE shows reveals there’s still much more to be done to ensure every worker has the correct equipment to keep them safe and comfortable.
We're a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm that has assisted national and international companies solve engineering and environmental problems since 1888.
Arup is a multidisciplinary engineering and management consultancy. We work across a range of sectors from rail and highways through to the energy sector. Our Human Factors team place all users at the heart of the design for both digital and built environment design solutions.
We provide clients with the insight required to understand how workplace design and management decisions can affect the health, safety, and well-being of their workforce.
From sleigh-driving fatigue to the risk of being injured hauling presents down chimneys, Santa Claus could do with some help from human factors at this time of year
Ergability provides specialist workplace ergonomics and human factors services that aim to enhance performance, productivity, safety, health and wellbeing.
Ergoworks provides human factors consultancy and training services for clients in offices, industrial workplaces and service industries as well as product design.
An international survey of the world’s workers reveals one in five report suffering from daily loneliness and the wellbeing of younger employees has fallen since last year.
With summer temperatures making some workplaces feel uncomfortably warm, new research has explored the effect that different heat levels in offices can have on staff.
At Human Resilience Associates (HRA), we help engineering and project teams integrate human factors principles throughout the design and engineering lifecycle to ensure safer, more operable, and compliant facilities.
We specialise in research and concept development, assessment, and project definition through analysis of the current system, development of candidate solutions, and project delivery.
We're an award-winning Human Factors training and consultancy company, providing services to the oil and gas, COMAH, marine, aviation, financial and healthcare sectors.
Safety shoes can protect workers from injury at hazardous sites but new research suggests they could also make wearers more likely to fall over when they trip unexpectedly.
A new guide is helping business leaders in Norway and beyond understand why a systems-based approach can create safer workplaces and improve performance with practical and easy-to-follow advice.
Healthcare is complex, and some projects need a little extra help to see them through. We’ll work with you to understand, evaluate and improve services with an eye on the ultimate goal of improved patient safety and culture.
Pendyne is a multi-skilled engineering consultancy delivering innovative solutions to complex projects across rail, automotive, aerospace, and defence industries, to clients in the UK and overseas.
New research has identified more than 40 ergonomic practices that could help to pro-tect workers in grocery distribution centres from suffering painful injuries linked to their jobs.
We deliver engineering, scientific and consulting capabilities supported by niche manufacturing. We offer our Human Factors services across all industries with a specialism in Rail and Mass Transit.
We provide risk and safety support to many clients across a broad range of industry sectors, working across the entire lifecycle of facilities and equipment.
New research explores how the body adapts to work-induced fatigue during lifting tasks, emphasising the importance of ergonomics in designing procedures
