ANN ARBOR, MI—A free hour-long webinar will cover ergonomic design considerations for an aging workforce. The webinar will air live on May 23 at noon Central.

COLUMBUS, OH—Letting autoworkers sit while they reach into a car’s interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain, but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand up. That’s the finding of two recent studies, which tested two ways to protect autoworkers from injury.

ANN ARBOR, MI—Ergonomics consutling firm Humantech has developed an app for the iPhone that enables engineers to determine the NIOSH recommended weight limit for a specific job or task.