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Eight years ago, Berkeley Lab scientist Thorsten Weber, left in photo, injured his back lifting a heavy steel lid across the top of his 500-pound reaction microscope and — in a strange way — we may all be better off for that.

With two prolapsed disks, the 6’ 4” German-born scientist has become as sharply focused on ergonomic safety inside the laboratory as he is on exploring the dynamics of atoms and molecules inside vacuum chambers.

 With help from EHSS ergonomist Melanie Alexandre, he has created a new partnership to prevent ergonomics-related injuries among scientists and staffers working with the unique equipment found throughout Berkeley Lab.

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