Post #718028 by VampiressRN on Fri, May 23, 2014 6:49 PM

Calling all Carvers,
I have been a nurse for over 30 years, the first 15 years in ICU and the last 16 years managing an Education & Training department. Over 10 years ago I worked closely with a physical therapy expert and developed a workplace safety program for Call Center employees which was helpful in reducing repetitive injuries. There are now many more studies on ergonomics and proven ways to manage your environment and activities that help reduce injuries. This makes me think about all of you. I know many of you suffer with various injuries and issues due to the way you use your body and environment to carve.

I am motivated to develop a safety program to help reduce the injuries you have from your art of carving. My goal at this time is to engage as many carvers as I can in providing information about your carving habits and injuries, via a survey. In order to develop a safety program I will need to collect data, analyze the information and then work with some specialists to set up a program specifically for carvers.

If you are interested in being part of this study and helping me to implement a safety program to help reduce injuries for carvers, please let me know. This will take me about a year to develop, so no pressure on anyone. You are welcome to send me a private message or share your thoughts here.

CARVERS ROCK!!!

"Oh waiter, another cocktail please!!!"

[ Edited by: VampiressRN 2014-06-08 19:06 ]