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 ...

On December 19, OSHA announced that it has reached a settlement with Amazon for a corporate-wide program to help better protect employees from hazardous working conditions, leading to serious lower ...

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 training is only effective if workers and supervisors truly understand it—plain language reduces confusion, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trump labor secretary nominee Eugene Scalia fought Occupational Health and Safety Administration ergonomics regulations even before they were official. It’s a topic certain to be brought up by ...