| CTD News Workplace Solutions for Repetitive Stress Injuries 2005 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Achieve employee buy-in more easily with incentives.(new equipment use reduce musculoskeletal disorders ) | Health care industry | Koscik, Michelle |
| Aching backs need not drain productivity.(American Council on Exercise) | Health care industry | |
| Assess MSD risks to improve job design, rotation.(musculoskeletal disorders) | Health care industry | Schmidt, Kevin |
| Assistive technology accommodates employees.(to help injured workers returning to perform efficiently) | Health care industry | |
| Careful selection of hand tools reduces potential MSD hazards.(musculoskeletal disorders) | Health care industry | |
| Change interpersonal environment to improve workplace safety. | Health care industry | |
| Checklist helps assess need for protective equipment.(safety of workers) | Health care industry | |
| Court awards benefits, finds job tasks contributed to workers' CTS.(carpel tunnel symptoms; Lennox Industries Inc.) | Health care industry | |
| Court finds heavy lifting led to nursing assistant's CTS.(Kishwaukee Community hospital)(carpal tunnel syndrome) | Health care industry | |
| Determine MSD hazard in the workplace.(musculoskeletal disorders) | Health care industry | Akladios, Magdy |
| Education, enforcement hallmarks of effective program.(Magdy Akladios)(Interview) | Health care industry | |
| Eliminate poor posture to slash MSDs.(musculoskeletal disorders) | Health care industry | Ebben, Joy |
| Employee lifting practices often wrought with mistakes. | Health care industry | Burt, Cindy |
| Employer documentation required when worker refuses light duty.(lost-time benefits) | Health care industry | |
| Ergo alliance seeks reduction in material-handling injuries.(Crane Manufacturers Association of America, Hoist Manufacturers Institute, and Monorail Manufacturers Association) | Health care industry | |
| Ergo conference taps into industry growth.(National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition) | Health care industry | |
| Ergo training for vehicle operators can prevent back injuries. | Health care industry | Clifton, Joshua |
| Follow through with training after purchasing new ergo equipment. | Health care industry | Clifton, Joshua |
| Health evaluation underscores need for MSD prevention.(musculoskeletal disorders)(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's ergo programs) | Health care industry | |
| House passes OSHA reform bills over union protests.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) | Health care industry | |
| Humor maximizes employee buy-in to workplace safety. | Health care industry | Melnik, Michael |
| Institute best practices model to slash injuries. | Health care industry | Gibson, Murray |
| Insufficient CTS link KOs worker's Social Security claim.(Vega Morales v. Commissioner of Social Security, CT scans) | Health care industry | |
| Insufficient medical record sinks benefits claim for classroom aide.(Babilonia v. Barnhart) | Health care industry | |
| Insurance company arbitrarily denied benefits to impaired worker.(Getronics Wang Co.) | Health care industry | |
| Integrate ergonomics and RTW programs to improve health.(return-to-work) | Health care industry | Sagmeister, Linda |
| Involve employees when crafting a workplace safety program. | Health care industry | Melnik, Michael |
| Job restrictions fail to establish disability for worker.(Gerton and Verizon South Inc)(Kentucky Civil Rights Act) | Health care industry | |
| Keep young workers safe on job.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration's tips to employers) | Health care industry | |
| Lack of causation sinks new worker's benefits claim.(Meyer v. IBP, Inc.) | Health care industry | |
| Lifting program lowers injuries, insurance costs.(Provena Health's ergonomic aids at workplace) | Health care industry | Klebenow, Mathew |
| Management accountability fuels safety program success.(suggestions to supervisors and managers) | Health care industry | |
| Management commitment fosters employee buy-in. | Health care industry | |
| Nurse's back injury job prospects, counts as ADA disability.(Americas with Disabilities Act) | Health care industry | |
| OSHA partners with SkillsUSA to educate young workers on safety.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) | Health care industry | |
| OSHA spearheads hurricane response.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) | Health care industry | |
| OSHA targets hazardous workplaces for unannounced inspections.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) | Health care industry | Snare, Jonathan |
| Overreaching contributions to MSD development.(musculoskeletal diseases; workstation adjustability) | Health care industry | |
| Physician's failure to consider earlier disability KO's WC claim.(Workers' Compensation case of Van Raden Industries and Ernest Smith ) | Health care industry | |
| Poor communication stymies safety programs.(improvement of safety communication skills) | Health care industry | |
| Prevention: provide ergo training for Spanish-speaking employees in at-risk industries.(implementing ergo programs) | Health care industry | Clifton, Joshua |
| Proactive approach may reduce workers' shoulder injuries.(suggestions, methods, statistics) | Health care industry | |
| Proper monitor placement eliminates awkward postures, neck pain.(prevention of discomfort while using computers) | Health care industry | Clifton, Joshua |
| Provide resources to reduce injuries among 'floating workers. | Health care industry | |
| Reduce forestry injuries with safety procedures.(forest workers ) | Health care industry | |
| Reform bills a gift for small business.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) | Health care industry | |
| Rest breaks reduce injury risks.(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) | Health care industry | |
| Safety training must encompass new hires, veterans.(workers need to be educated on safety issues and safety programs)(Interview) | Health care industry | |
| Sham worker-safety meeting turned crackdown comprises OSHA effectiveness.(Occupational Safety and Health Administration's efforts to reduce the injuries at workplace in meeting with Immigration and Customes Enforcement agency ) | Health care industry | |
| Spotlight ergo success for recognition.(erogonomics program promotion) | Health care industry | Silva, Don |
| Stretching programs can hinder MSD development.(musculoskeletal disorders) | Health care industry | |
| Successful RTW requires workplace accommodation.(returning to work)(Job Accommodation Network - tips) | Health care industry | |
| Survey: injuries decline, costs increase.(Liberty Mutual's findings) | Health care industry | |
| Tackle symptoms of vibration exposure to ward off RSIs.(repetitive stress injuries)(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) | Health care industry | |
| Take a 4-pronged approach to ergo programs.(ergonomics specialist provides tips on reducing workplace injuries and improve productivity) | Health care industry | |
| Today's custom accommodation is tomorrow's easy find.(designing of workstation accommodations by Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center) | Health care industry | |
| Union calls for strategies to reduce immigrant work fatalities, injuries.(foreign labor - more at risk for occupational injuries; statistics) | Health care industry | |
| Use checklist to manage workplace injury claims.(California Department of Personnel Administration's Worker's Compensation and Safety Program) | Health care industry | |
| Use medical programs to improve employee health. | Health care industry | |
| U.S. postal service accepted into VPP corporate pilot program.(Voluntary Protection Programs) | Health care industry | |
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