September 26, 2006
A study of 1200 workers published in Sweden provides new insight into certain musculoskeletal symptoms and endurance and flexion issues.
September 26, 2006
New study quantifies the risk of vascular and neurological symptoms for male workers exposed to hand-arm vibration through welding, plating and grinding metals.
September 23, 2006
America's waistline has grown in recent decades, and Ford Motor Company has established a first by taking this into account in its design processes.
September 20, 2006
Ergonomists are well armed to join Washington's "war on terror." One expert outlines ways they can join the fight in the third part in a series on ergonomics and counterterrorism.
September 15, 2006
NIOSH ergonomists recently evaluated order pickers at a building supplies warehouse and their environment to assess the risk of back and repetitive motion injuries. The news was good - for the present.
September 12, 2006
Near the fifth anniversary of 9/11, a counterterrorism and human factors expert talks about measures that could foil attacks. Second in series on terrorism from a human factors perspective.
September 11, 2006
September 7, 2006
Some systems pose a higher risk of human error than others. Several experts offer views on the issue and on reforms that could reduce errors and their worst effects.
September 6, 2006
An ergonomics pioneer who wasn't an ergonomist, industrial designer William Stumpf died at 70 on August 30.