The Alliance will continue to focus on sharing information among OSHA employees and industry safety and health professionals regarding Dow's best practices, such as ergonomics and motor vehicle safety case studies.
America's printing industry has a new resource to help keep workers safe on the job - Ergonomics in the Printing Industry eTool - the latest interactive web-based training tool unveiled this week by OSHA.
Ergo Update: The Republican-led lower chamber of the Michigan legislature voted 56-45 along party lines on January 17 to kill efforts to introduce ergonomics rules to workplaces.
Goal is to provide workers in the forest and paper- related industries with training and knowledge that will help them stay safe and healthy on the job.
Ten years in the making, the Ergonomics Program Standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was introduced in 2000. The supporters' triumph was short lived: the Standard was discredited and repealed the following year. From supporters' reactions to some recent OSHA letter writing, it's clear the defeat still rankles.
In August the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) of the United States Department of Labor began canceling ergonomics agreements made with several major United States companies.