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1/ I heard from a colleague the other day about a repetitive motion injury she has sustained, working in a glove box for extended periods of time – 9-10 hours in some cases, multiple times a week. Her PI, while he has high expectations, is supportive and empathetic to her.
2/Physical therapy has helped but that doesn’t solve the root cause: this glove box and most glove boxes are designed for the standard male – 5’10”-6’ tall with the attendant shoulder distance to be able to access the glove ports. She’s a very short woman with the
3/attendant smaller distance across her shoulders. Injury was inevitable.
There are a couple of issues here:
She’s a graduate student and currently covered under student health insurance and not workers comp. This injury could result in life-altering health effects with no long
There are a couple of issues here:
She’s a graduate student and currently covered under student health insurance and not workers comp. This injury could result in life-altering health effects with no long
4/long term remedy. Graduate students are excluded from the protections of workers comp.
Equipment designers ignore the fact that some 50% of the scientific work force are women. Bespoke design isn’t possible. What’s wrong with designing flexibility or adjustability into
Equipment designers ignore the fact that some 50% of the scientific work force are women. Bespoke design isn’t possible. What’s wrong with designing flexibility or adjustability into
5/scientific equipment, particularly big ticket? I know I’m railing at the universe. It’s more examples of how women scientists (& small men) are generally ignored & how grad students, doing the heavy lifting of discovery research, continue to be exploited to the point of injury
6/Thanks for listening.
