31.   The NIOSH site also has a page of links to ergonomics and repetitive strain injuries, or RSIs, which play an important role in work-place safety.

32.   The required contortions are thought to be one cause of the repetitive strain injuries to the arms and hands of people who spend long hours working at computers.

33.   The rules would force businesses to make changes to protect workers from repetitive strain injuries.

34.   This helps keep your wrist from drooping, which can hasten problems with repetitive strain injury.

35.   Under the standard, employers would have been required to explain the safety provision to all workers and take action if workers suffered injuries because of repetitive strain.

36.   While the risk is greater in factories, repetitive strain injuries have become a big source of injuries in offices.

37.   Fleisher, whose problem was finally diagnosed as torsion dystonia, which led to repetitive strain injury, says his wife encouraged hand-stretching exercises.

38.   His doctor diagnosed repetitive strain injury brought on by years of strumming.

39.   Labor unions say the rules will protect employees from repetitive strain and other work-related injuries and save employers billions of dollars in lost work time.

40.   Labor unions say the rules would protect employees from repetitive strain and other injuries caused by working conditions and save employers billions of dollars in lost work time.