RVSA Awards Grant for Research Project

The River Valley Safety Association has provided a $1,000 grant to the Arkansas Tech University College of Natural and Health Sciences to fund a study that seeks to identify the best glove material for reducing repetitive stress injuries among laborers.

Present for the check presentation were (from left): David Wilbanks, ergonomist; Dr. Hamed Shojaei, associate professor of physics at Arkansas Tech; Candice Underwood, president of the River Valley Safety Association; Kim Lequieu, programs director for the River Valley Safety Association; and Dr. Jeff Robertson, dean of the Arkansas Tech College of Natural and Health Sciences.

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