Contact:
Gail Baylor, Public Relations Chair
828 771-2048 gbaylor@warren-wilson.edu
For Immediate
Release
Date: August 1,
2005
Understanding
Ergonomics; Preventing Injury
(Asheville, NC): The next regular meeting of
the Western North Carolina Human Resources Association will be
at 12 noon on Wednesday, August 10, at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel
in downtown Asheville.
Guest speaker for the
meeting will be Ron Hoechstetter, who has 15 years of experience in
industrial rehabilitation and ergonomics. During his presentation he
will examine the causes of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD’s) and
discuss the prevention and management of MSD’s. How does ergonomics
fit in the picture? Ergonomics will be defined, risk factors
identified, and ergonomic controls reviewed
Mr. Hoechstetter earned
a B.S. in Exercise Science from Slippery Rock University and a M.S. in
Exercise Physiology with an emphasis in cardiac rehabilitation from
Virginia Tech. He has received post graduate training in ergonomics
from the University of Michigan, John Hopkins Educational Resource
Center, George Washington University, and Matheson & Associates.
The Western North Carolina Human
Resources Association is a certified chapter of the Society for Human
Resources Management, and is comprised of human resource and other
professionals from various area businesses and industries.
The purpose of the association is to develop the personnel
function in each participating company by close contact and
cooperation with others in the same field, to facilitate the
dissemination of information of value to human resource professionals
individually and collectively, and to promote positive human relations
principles.
