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Coca-Cola aims to enhance employee health with SelectFlex pilot program

February 11, 2021

The Coca-Cola Company commissions SelectFlex® pilot study at three plant locations and sees promising results among employees who tested the arch control insoles


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Proactive fall prevention – in just 2 minutes

Chelsea Kidd, MBA, CSCS, CPT
January 14, 2021

As the second leading preventable workplace injury, falls plague the workforce. The impact of fall related injuries is felt heavily in service-providing industries as well as transportation, utilities and the health care sector.


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Workstation ergonomics essential for home offices

Workstation ergonomics essential for home offices

Destiny Pope Justin Raby
July 20, 2020
The work world has been entirely upended with unemployment, business concepts changing, people restricted to their homes, social distancing, etc. Within recent weeks, businesses and office settings have experienced a dramatic change in daily operations.
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A NIOSH Science Blog post

Musculoskeletal health research to benefit temporary retail workers

Emily Warner MA Jack Lu PhD, CPE
December 8, 2017
In October 2017 we published the first blog in a series to highlight musculoskeletal health research at NIOSH. With the holiday season upon us, this next installment will take the opportunity to discuss how best to promote musculoskeletal health in retail establishments to reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among temporary retail workers.
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NIOSH introduces lifting equation mobile app

August 22, 2017
The NIOSH Lifting Equation mobile application, NLE Calc, is a tool to calculate the overall risk index for single and multiple manual lifting tasks. This application provides risk estimates to help evaluate lifting tasks and reduce the incidence of low back injuries in workers.
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A NIOSH Science Blog post

Exoskeletons in Construction: Will they reduce or create hazards?

June 15, 2017
Wearable exoskeleton devices can reduce some of the mechanical stress of manual labor (1). These wearable machines can be powered by electricity or by human motion, and they can be as large as a space suit or as small as a glove.
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United Airlines agrees to baggage handling changes

Company has high rate of ergonomic injuries
January 10, 2017

United Airlines baggage handlers will get some protection from ergonomic hazards in the workplace, under what the U.S. Department is calling “a precedent-setting agreement” with the airline. The agreement settles a lawsuit filed by the department on behalf of OSHA to eliminate several hazardous conditions its inspectors identified in United's baggage-handling operation at Newark Liberty International Airport, where United baggage handlers reported at least 622 musculoskeletal injuries from 2011 to January 2015.


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Safe patient lifting bill on Congress' agenda

January 12, 2016
Congress is considering a bill that would force health care industry employers to develop safe patient handling policies.
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How one supermarket chain is preventing MSDs among its warehouse workers

OSHA is hoping that other companies follow suit
August 26, 2015

Before consumers get to choose products in the supermarket, workers in warehouses nationwide pack bulk quantities of merchandise onto wooden pallets and load them onto delivery trucks. The nature of this work puts the people who do it at risk for serious sprains, strains and other musculoskeletal injuries.


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Ohio nursing facility takes steps to reduce worker MSD injuries

Twin Towers to hire a specialized safety consultant to help improve workplace conditions
August 20, 2015

Employees at a Cincinnati nursing care facility will benefit from improvements the company is making to its policies and procedures for transferring residents at Twin Towers, a provider of skilled nursing care services.


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