Masco Corp.The Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services presented its Ergonomic Success Award to the Brownstown plant of Brass Craft Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of Masco Corp. The CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S Bureau of Safety and Regulation's Consultation Education & Training Division issues the award to employers for instituting ergonomic improvements and substantially reducing traumatic strain and sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. injuries and cumulative trauma disorder cumulative trauma disorder Repetitive motion injury, repetitive stress disorder Occupational medicine Any of a group of conditions characterized by repeated stress on muscles, bones, tendons, nerves, which have psychologic and/or physical ramifications–eg, illnesses. By dramatically reducing such injuries at its Brownstown facility, Brass Craft's workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. costs dropped from $250,000 in 1997 to $811 in 1999. |
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