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February 23, 2009
The 2008 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index shows the high cost to society of disabling injuries, and that ergonomic related injuries claim the biggest share of the cost
February 18, 2009
The findings of a recent award-winning study,
February 16, 2009
What if workplace products, spaces and systems were a poor fit for the people who used them? That appears to be the case, according to a new research report.
February 11, 2009
A recent study examining both personal and physical risk factors revealed several specific upper extremity physical activities to be significantly associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. The authors identify construction trade workers as a group at high risk for developing the disorder.
February 9, 2009
The color red can make people's work more accurate, and blue can make people more creative, according to a new study. Ergonomists will be among the experts watching this line of research for its potential applications to work environments.
February 4, 2009
Pending changes in a regulation governing trainee doctors working hours in Europe expose the gap in attitudes across the Atlantic to the patient safety issue of doctor fatigue.
February 2, 2009
A group of Michigan senators, led by Alan Sanborn (R-Richmond), hope to fast-track a bill they've introduced that would prohibit the state from establishing a rule for workplace ergonomics.
February 2, 2009
Back safety expert Bill Marras, Ph.D, CPE, and director of the Biodynamics Laboratory at The Ohio State University, will deliver the keynote speech -- conference topics to include patient handling, obese patient care, patients' perspective on patient handling, and much more.
February 2, 2009
A pilot study in Britain reports that junior doctors working shorter hours make some 33 percent fewer mistakes. There's an echo of the results of a 2005 United States study, which suggests fatigued doctors might as well be drunk.