New Billboard Targets Cell-Phone-Using Drivers
June 29, 2009
Driving and cell phone use don’t mix. That’s the message from the National Safety Council in the United States, which is underlining its warning with a freeway “Death by Cellphone” billboard.

NIOSH Releases Work Injury and Illness Coding System
June 22, 2009
When the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety released its new tool for coding occupational injury and illness incidents, it omitted one of its biggest concerns—workplace musculoskeletal disorders. The omission wasn’t oversight.

The Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics Announces New Certification Designations: Certified User Experience (CUXP) and Associate User Experience (AUXP)
June 17, 2009
The Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) is pleased to announce the new CUXP and AUXP designations in response to growing market acceptance of User Experience as an additional and equivalent title to Ergonomics and Human Factors.

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Chair Design Reduces Spinal Loading, Level of Back Muscle Activity
July 1, 2009
A Northwestern University study indicates that an "off-Loading sitting posture" may reduce sitting related low back pain.

CuErgo Venerable Website Evolving Apace With Needs of the Times
June 24, 2009
Professor Alan Hedge refers to the Cornell University ergonomics website as a “dinosaur” because it was the first of its kind. The evolutionary process keeps it up to the moment.

Frequency/Duration of Forceful Exertions, Forceful Lifting and Forearm Supination Related to Lateral Epicondylitis
June 17, 2009
A recent State of Washington study points to frequency and duration of forceful exertions to be among the greatest risk factors for lateral epicondylitis

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