Jennifer Sinkwitts, Author at Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics

Why Certification Still Matters: Jonathan Puleio’s Perspective

By Jennifer Sinkwitts|2026-09-24T09:38:07-07:00September 24th, 2026|Categories: Blog|Tags: BCPE certification, Certificant Spotlight, Certified Professional Ergonomist, Human Factors, Workplace Injuries|

For many professionals, BCPE certification is viewed as a milestone, something earned early in a career and eventually left behind as experience and leadership responsibilities grow. Jonathan Puleio, CPE, sees it differently. Today, Jonathan serves as Global Vice President at Humanscale, where he oversees the company's Ergonomics Consulting Practice and works alongside teams of ergonomists, software specialists, and business development professionals. Despite achieving one of the highest leadership positions in the industry, he continues to maintain his BCPE Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) credential. His reason is straightforward. "With respect to the field of Human Factors and Ergonomics, CPE certification is [...]

Overexertion Injuries: Why Haven’t We Solved This?

Board members from the Board of Certifying Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) team recently attended the National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo in Indianapolis, where OSHA released its annual Top 10 Workplace Safety Violations for 2026 and NSC shared new analysis connecting those violations to injury and fatality data. As expected, the discussion focused on familiar hazards such as fall protection, lockout/tagout, ladders, machine guarding, and hazard communication. These same categories continue to appear year after year, highlighting workplace risks that organizations still struggle to control. But one finding stood out to us. The National Safety Council's analysis reported 946,290 DART [...]