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Liberty Mutual Research Institute For Safety

Founded in 1954, the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety has studied occupational safety and health of workers. Its scientific contributions include machine safeguarding guidelines, the Cornell-Liberty Survival Car, and ergonomic guidelines that have informed the basis for national and international safety standards. More recently, the Institute developed the Workplace Safety Index, an annual ranking of the leading causes of the most disabling occupational injuries in the US.

The Institute's scientists conduct field and laboratory experiments on the major causes of work-related injury and disability, publishing their results in peer-reviewed scientific literature. Institute findings are the basis for safety programs, recommendations, and software, used by Liberty Mutual loss control consultants to help policyholders enhance worker safety. The Institute’s work is non-proprietary and available to the public.

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