In a private ceremony on March 20, President George W. Bush signed legislation to repeal what he termed “an unduly burdensome and overly broad regulation”—the Ergonomics Program adopted in late 2000 ...

Since 2002, OSHA has sent approximately 440 ergonomic hazard alert letters to employers. According to an April 11 OSHA directive, the agency will be contacting those employers to see how much progress ...

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) has commended Secretary of Labor Elaine L Chao and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) has ...

OSHA completed work on guidelines for the nursing home industry, released a draft of ergonomic guidelines for retail grocers, and is working on guidelines for the shipyard industry. Unlike the ...

The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) wants Amazon corporate to do the heavy lifting on ergonomics reform. The e-commerce giant has reached a settlement with OSHA pertaining to ...

On July 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) that will go into immediate effect and is intended ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ken Zans specializes in ergonomics. He has a degree in the subject, and his company, Ergonomics Solutions (Shawnee Mission, KS), is devoted to its study. Also called “human engineering ...

Today's public hearing about OSHA's proposed restoration of an OSHA 300 log column for recording musculoskeletal disorders allows the two sides to again stake out positions for and against any form of ...

On April 5, 2002, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a supposedly new comprehensive ergonomics plan consisting of four components: industry-specific, voluntary ...

Washington state fined the company this week for its hazardous work pace, but there’s no federal regulation governing ergonomic injuries because of bad decisions made in the other Washington, ages ago ...