Occupational Safety & Health Research Center
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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 Wearing a back-support exoskeleton alters lower-limb joint kinetics during single-step recovery following a forward loss of balance by Michael Madigan, Sunwook Kim, and Maury Nussbaum was published in Journal of Biomechanics. (April 2024).
New article Trunk postural control during unstable sitting among individuals with and without low back pain: A systematic review with an individual participant data meta-analysis by Maury Nussbaum and Mike Madigan was published in PLoS ONE. (January 2024).
New article Perceived benefits, barriers, perceptions, and readiness to use exoskeletons in the construction industry: Differences by demographic characteristics by Sunwook Kim and Maury Nussbaum was published in Applied Ergonomics. (December 2023)
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OSHRC Director Maury Nussbaum and his Ph.D students Ahmad Raza Usmani, Wally Morris, and Aanu Ojelade, were featured on their exoskeleton effectiveness research with construction workers in Virginia Tech Video (October 2023).
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