NIOSH Advisory Board Seeks Update On Ergo Research, Potentially Setting Up Wider Debate

A key NIOSH scientific advisory board is asking the research agency for a detailed update on its work in the area of ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), a move that could fuel the industry/union debate over ergo and how to approach the hotly contested issue through research. NIOSH has an extensive cross-sector program in place studying the issue, and the agency's Board Of Scientific Counselors (BSC) plans to take up the subject at its meeting next spring, sources knowledgeable about the issue tell Inside OSHA Online. A source who was present at the board's meeting in Washington on