AS ERGONOMIC STANDARDS are currently being promulgated at the state and federal level, here are two examples of jobs performing similar tasks: one that's poorly designed contrasted with one that is well designed.

The photographs show the possibilities for improved worker health and safety protection as well as improved productivity brought about by the installation of counterweighted impact wrench cables.

According to The New York Times, repetitive stress injury reports have increased tenfold in the past 10 years, at a cost of $20 billion to $100 billion a year, depending on how the cost of lost time work is calculated.