OSHA announced the release of "Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines for Shipyards, an industry-specific guidance document that provides practical recommendations to ...

In this series of articles, OH.com asks leading ergonomic experts what they think about OSHA''s voluntary ergonomic guidelines and the course of action they''d like to see the agency take. Kent Wilson ...

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 ...

Ergonomics is the study of work. From an OSHA perspective, it is the process of designing the job to fit the employee, rather than forcing the employee’s body to fit the job. This process may include ...

WASHINGTON — Business and industry heaved a sigh of relief in March 2001 when Congress invoked the Congressional Review Act to rescind the ergonomics standard promulgated in late 2000 by the Clinton ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has long been the regulatory backbone for workplace safety in the United States, setting and enforcing standards to protect employees from ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a set of voluntary ergonomics guidelines for the grocery and poultry industries, administrator and assistant labour secretary ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- New ergonomic guidelines for retail grocery stores released May 28 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration here met with qualified praise from retailers and contempt from ...

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 ...