Occupational Safety & Health Research Center
Construction Worker
Welcome to OSHRC
The Occupational Safety and Health Research Center (OSHRC) is devoted to discovering and disseminating innovative ways to separate humans from hazards in the occupational environment, through research and training, and focusing on applications that reduce fatalities, injuries, illnesses, and accidents.
New article A data-driven approach to classifying manual material handling tasks using markerless motion capture and recurrent neural network by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. (May 2025)
New article Passive back support exoskeletons do not effectively reduce physical demands during simulated floor tiling by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (May 2025)
New article Perspectives of Mining Personnel on Adopting Occupational Exoskeletons: Comparisons Between a Developed and a Developing Country by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. (April 2025)
New article Cognitive workload assessment during VR forklift training by Sunwook Kim, Maury Nussbaum, and Sol Lim was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. (March 2025)
Three (3) new articles were published by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum (March 2025):
- Passive arm-support and back-support exoskeletons have distinct phase-dependent effects on physical demands during cart pushing and pulling: An exploratory study in Applied Ergonomics
- Estimating dynamic external hand forces during overhead work with and without an exoskeleton: Evaluating an approach using electromyography signals and random forest regression was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
- Understanding the drivers of and barriers to adopting passive back- and arm-support exoskeletons in construction: Results from interviews and short-term field testing was published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
New article Gait variability predicts post-fatigue obstacle course performance among military cadets: An exploratory study by Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (March 2025)
Go to Recent Publications page
OSHRC Research Areas
OSHRC members are involved in a broad range of Research Areas that are within diverse disciplines and/or address one or more occupational sectors. Many projects have Research-to-Practice (R2P) components.
Sectors
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Construction, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Mining, Cross Sector
Disciplines
Industrial Hygiene, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Safety, Slips/Trips/Falls, Work Organization