Fifth-grade pupils at one Kansas elementary school take their classes on fitness balls. The unusual seating reflects teacher Jonann Ellner's belief that the oversized balloons are a better fit than desks and chairs for children.

Direct from Honolulu, Woody Dwyer, CPE, St. Paul Travelers, shares his perspective on the value of ergonomics in loss control and risk management strategies.

The all-important system of communication between air-traffic controllers and pilots is over 50 years old, and is increasingly less able to do its job in today's crowded skies.

The one year, randomized study evaluated the effects of two workstation interventions on the musculoskeletal health of call center employees -- a padded forearm support and a trackball.

The issue surfaces periodically, particularly when the balls are advocated for mitigating or averting the musculoskeletal disorders that bedevil workers in many occupations.

The notebooks, pencils and pens are dinosaurs, an Australian e-learning professor declared in April, and he predicted they will soon be extinct in schools

David Meister conquered all the pinnacles in his profession, Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), sailed past the normal retirement age and continued contributing to the understanding and applications of his field until his very last days.