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 A study by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that injuries and illness caused by computers are the biggest safety concern for the UK workforce today.
MSD a major hazard 2,500 Safety Representatives cited Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) as a major hazard and one which continues to get worse. 40% of those surveyed identified Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) as a growing concern and the third most identified problem. Back strain came in fifth as another cause for concern for UK employees. Managing Health and Safety The TUC recommends that the government and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should invest in developing a strategy to make places of work a safer place to be, as well as supporting those suffering from work-related injury. Damaging cost to businesses The TUC General Secretary, warned, "Unions and employers must work together to combat this as it can have a huge personal cost to workers and a damaging cost to businesses." Labels: Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI
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Office furniture isn't normally associated with extreme sports, but Burton Snowboards have found inspiration in an unusual place.  Burton has used key design elements from Herman Miller's iconic Aeron Chair. An advance snowboard binding has been developed with a nodding glance at the Aeron. Using Herman Miller's ergonomic experience and utilising the Aeron's Y-shape back design and signature webbing, the Burton Snowboard aims to offer greater comfort and ultimately speed! Sounds great, but I still fear that I would end up eating snow rather than gracefully gliding down the piste. Labels: aeron chair, Ergonomic Chair
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 Keytools attended the Hampshire Health, Safety and Environment Group Conference last week, and were pleased to answer all your questions about ergonomic computing. Our assistive technology expert, John Niven, was on hand on the day to talk you through Keytools most effective ergonomic office solutions. This included Keytools most talked about ergonomic mice, The Switch Mouse and The Horse Mouse - both adjustable and highly efffective against the pain of Repetitive Strain Injury. If you would like to test these, and many other solutions for office ergonomics, you can visit the Keytools Showroom. Follow this link to find out more. Labels: Ergonomic mice, Ergonomic Mouse, Horse Mouse, office ergonomics, Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI, Switch Mouse
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Sufferers of Repetitive Strain Injury and Musculoskeletal injury, will soon be able to access free physiotherapy treatment from the NHS without having to be referred by their GP. Health Secretary, Alan Johnson unveiled his plans this week after trials proved that patients were 50% less likely to be absent from work for more than a month than those who had to wait for their GP to refer them. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy said ,"Prompt treatment of low back pain can help an employee return to work up to five weeks earlier than if treatment is delayed. Early treatment also greatly reduces the chance that pain will recur during the following year."Get more information on Repetitive Strain Injury.
Labels: Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI
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Congratulations to the 1000th customer on the new Keytools website. Paul from Komcept Solutions won an ergonomic mouse. Don't forget to add an ergonomic mouse to your Christmas list this year. If you order before the end of October you'll get free shipping! Labels: Christmas Gift, Ergonomic Mouse
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 To coincide with the recent launch of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, we held demonstration days of the software at our showroom in Southampton. And it was great to see so many of you there. Dragon manufacturers, Nuance, were on site to offer their expert advice and answer all your questions. Don't forget, you can always come along to our showroom to test and evaluate software, mice, keyboards and furniture for yourself. Why not book an appointment? Labels: assistive technology, Dragon Naturally Speaking
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 Show your loved computer user you care with this ergonomic mouse, helping to relieve repetitive strain injury.
Why buy the Evoluent Mouse as a Christmas gift?
It looks good
It's wireless
It reduces the risk of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Get your festive ergonomic mouse by clicking here.
P.S. Yes I know ... it's a hamster!
Labels: Christmas Gift, Evoluent Mouse, Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI
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 With the news focusing on our finances everyday, I'm worried. Are we forgetting about our health? Just take a look around your office - employers encourage us to take regular breaks, however, lunchtime often ends up as a quick sarnie and catching up on Facebook. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with multi-tasking to save time. But what most of us don't realise is, how extensive computer use can affect our health - until it's too late and we suffer pain from the symptoms of RSI ( Repetitive Strain Injury). When the Daily Express approached us for their health article on RSI, we could explain that our office is in good hands with RSIGuard software installed on all of our computers. Essentially RSIGuard monitors your clicks and keystrokes and, after a timed period, a 'pop up' tells you take a break. The beauty is that once the 'Break Needed' button is clicked, your screen freezes, encouraging you to stop, stretch and take a break. Find out more on Repetitive Strain Injury - I'm off to take my break! Labels: Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI
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A dyslexic student has been awarded over twenty thousand pounds compensation as his school failed to recognise his learning disability. Lincolnshire County Council admitted it was the responsibility of the school to monitor it's pupils progression. The British Dyslexia Association said, " If a child's dyslexia is not identified and addressed within the school system, it is very likely that child will under-perform and not reach their full academic potential.Schools respond to the needs of every child and where they identify a barrier to learning they put in place appropriate activities for that child."Keytools Offer a wide range of Software solutions for Dyslexia.
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The Keytools team have been raising money for Jeans for Genes Day by wearing our most fashionable clobber to work (see Jo below) and eating lots of homemade cakes. Jeans for Genes supports the children of the world living with genetic disorders.
Web Designer, Jo, sporting a pair of Abercrombie and Fitch
Cheesy Feet ...delish!
Smarties Cookies by in-house baker, Emma Strong
If Carlsberg made cakes ...
We're also holding a raffle for a day off work! No blogs on Monday hopefully!
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 Research carried out by assistive technology firm in Hampshire claims that 74% of disability recorded in the UK is dyslexia-related, making dyslexia the biggest single disability issue. Education Development Manager, David Evans said, " Text to speech software including screen-readers has become cheaper, better quality and easier to use in the past few years. And voice recognition software, which can be of enormous assistance to people with dyslexia as well as those with impaired vision, has taken a giant leap forwards with the latest version of Dragon software."Under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act public sector employers must make "reasonable" adjustments to facilities to allow access by all staff.
Evans said, "In my experience, more than 90% of assessments in the workplace are compliance driven. It wasn't 'how can we harness this person's talent?' It was 'How quickly can we tick a box?'"
But being 'employee-centred' does not just mean reacting to individual problems, he said. "An individual-centred approach is not about compliance, employers should be saying 'We ought to do this, because we will get more from our staff'. It is active talent management."
In a lot of organisations, it will be a lot easier to take a decision based on this kind of high level approach, he said, "Research from the University of Southampton has identified that nearly 90% of people using assistive technologies reported an improvement in their performance. "
Labels: assistive technology, office ergonomics
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