Ergonomics - the scientific study of the relationship between human beings and their working environment with a view to increasing efficiency.

We believe that our success depends on the success of the people that work with us. Our Ergonomic Injury Reduction Program is designed to ensure that the people who start the season with us, finish the season with us injury free.

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• Treeplanters Pre-season Preparation.
  What every treeplanter needs to know, and do, before the season begins.
  
  
• Preventing Ergonomic Injuries, A Health and Wellness Guideline.
  A handbook written by Dave Cook, former planting foreman and personal trainer.
  
  
• Stretches.
  Stretching techniques, with diagrams, that will help a planter prepare for the planting season.
  
  
• Reducing the Risk of Injuries in Tree-Planters.
  A report by Ariel-Ann Lyons aimed at investigating the rates of injuries and the ways to reduce risk of injury to tree planters.
  
  
• Physiological Programs for the Reduction of Occupational Injury and Illness, and Productivity Enhancement in Tree-Planters.
  A study by Delia Roberts. Summit will support this study with the involvement of 20 participants from crews on the Weyerhaeuser Canada contract.