July 30, 2008
Can the design of a tool affect ergonomic risk factors and task speed? Investigators compare axial versus non-axial pipettes.
July 28, 2008
Exercise can damage a woman's breasts. A team of British researchers has sounded an alarm about ill-functioning and ill-fitting exercise bras.
July 23, 2008
Auto makers are racing to prepare for the surge of older drivers on the nation
July 21, 2008
New program assesses whether older drivers' cars are properly and individually adjusted for safety.
July 18, 2008
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Appeals Board Panel today dismissed the latest appeal brought by the Construction Industry Employer Coalition, a coalition of five trade associations of U.S. construction interests, to withdraw the adoption of the approved voluntary consensus standard "reduction of Musculoskeletal Problems in Construction" (ANSI/ASSE A10.40-2007)
July 16, 2008
Are the work-related injuries of goods-transport drivers mostly due to traffic events? Recent research presents some surprising causes of industrial injury/illness among this group of workers.
July 14, 2008
A recent study gives employers a way to predict which ergonomics measures are likely to produce the best results. It gives them the ability to make assumptions based on other people
July 9, 2008
Researchers at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries trawled 250 case studies of interventions. The result, published recently, is a predictive tool that enables more targeted cost-benefit analysis.
July 7, 2008
A merger of two rival pharmaceutical companies could prod doctors to switch from handwritten or phoned prescriptions to the e-route. The switch