{"id":902,"date":"2010-12-21T20:20:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=902"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:19:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:19:14","slug":"mhia-funded-research-center-looks-into-distribution-center-ergonomic-issues-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/mhia-funded-research-center-looks-into-distribution-center-ergonomic-issues-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"MHIA-Funded Research Center Looks Into Distribution Center Ergonomic Issues \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Material-Handling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-903\" title=\"Material Handling Company\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Material-Handling-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Material Handling Company\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Material Handling companies keep the industry moving forward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A research center directly funded by the Material Handling Industry of America aims to improve the safety conditions of workers involved in Distribution Center operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">With the help of a US$50,000 research grant from MHIA\u2019s College Industry Council on <a title=\"Material Handling Company\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/Material-handling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Material Handling<\/a> Education, Ohio State University has established a Distribution Ergonomics Research Center.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">DERC\u2019s mission is to evaluate ergonomic issues in distribution centers and develop interventions to deal with the issues. Some of the issues being tackled include muscle strain due to heavy lifting and repetitive movements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">By reducing the biomechanical loads placed on distribution center workers, risks of injury can be minimized. Workers can also do their jobs more efficiently and be more productive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Source: https:\/\/www.mhia.org\/news\/mhia\/10231\/results-released-from-first-ever-mhia-funded-research-grant-by-ohio-state-s-distribution-ergonomics-research-center.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research center directly funded by the Material Handling Industry of America aims to improve the safety conditions of workers involved in Distribution Center operations. With the help of a US$50,000 research grant from MHIA\u2019s College Industry Council on Material Handling Education, Ohio State University has established a Distribution Ergonomics Research Center. DERC\u2019s mission is &#8230; <a title=\"MHIA-Funded Research Center Looks Into Distribution Center Ergonomic Issues \u2013 Part 1\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/mhia-funded-research-center-looks-into-distribution-center-ergonomic-issues-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"More on MHIA-Funded Research Center Looks Into Distribution Center Ergonomic Issues \u2013 Part 1\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1079,286,34,287],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","tag-material-handling","tag-material-handling-company","tag-materials-handling","tag-materials-handling-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13245,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/13245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}