Preventing office injuries T he National Institute for often amounts to just Occupational Safety good common sense. and Health NIOSH Simply having the proper reports that carpal tunnel syn- chair is key with enough drome, rotator cuff tendonitis support at your back so and other injuries to the neck your keyboard is at the and upper extremities cost at right height, your feet are least $2.1 billion in workers' assembly-line work that have factor of .90 means a company flat on the floor and your compensation costs each little to do with the computer- has earned a 10 percent credit on monitor is at eye level. year. But on top of that, intensive office environment typ- its base premium. KATHLEEN FORRAND NIOSH says, businesses ical for the design engineer. Fo r years, Weymouth, GALE ASSOCIATES spend as much as $90 billion According to the U.S. Bureau Mass.