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ACCSH 1995 -1, exh 18, Musculoskeletal Disorders Working Group Report

ACCSH MSD Workgroup report on reactions to an earlier report submitted to ACCSH on musculoskeletal disorders. Part of a collection. Click on the 'coll...

ACCSH 1996-1, exh 5, Musculoskeletal Disorders Recommendations

ACCSH MSD Workgroup recommendations including referring the MSD matter back to OSHA....

NIOSH Press release: June 1, 2000 Working Women Face High Risks From Work Stress, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Other Disorders, NIOSH Finds

Report of NIOSH study finding that women face high risks from job-related stress, musculoskeletal injuries, violence, and other hazards of the modern...

A Checklist for the Ergonomic Evaluation of Non-Powered Hand Tools

A checklist was developed to evaluate nonpowered hand tools for basic features related to good ergonomic tool design. Using the checklist, 14 ergonomi...

CSAO Drywall Sanding: Dust exposure and ergonomics

Reporting results of a study comparing the use of an electric shrouded ventilated rotary sander (SVRS) to that of a pole sander, measuring ergonomic d...

CPWR, NIOSH Begin New 5-Year Program

CPWR is beginning a new 5-year program on construction safety and health with 20 projects on topics such as COPD, silica, electrical hazards and falls...

2005 OSHA Resource Center Loan Program

OSHA announcement about a loan program for Spanish safety training videos. Includes information on how to apply as well as a list of available videos...

NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook, 2004: Excerpts

An excerpt from a chartbook that includes figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the Nation’s occupational injurie...

Easy Ergonomics: A Guide to Selecting Non-Powered Hand Tools

A booklet designed to help select the best available ergonomically designed non-powered hand tools, based on peer-reviewed articles and expert input....

Occupational Injuries among US Construction Workers Treated at the George Washington University Emergency Department, 1990-97

This report profiles injury tracking of emergency room visits to George Washington University Hospital, from 1990 through 1997. Includes information o...