The Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled an initiative to reduce ergonomic injuries through a combination of voluntary guidelines, stronger enforcement of existing rules and ...

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 ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on April 5 announced an ergonomics plan centered on voluntary guidelines, rather than the controversial rules that the president and Congress ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ensuring truck driver safetry has evolved work trucks over the years into mobile offices equipped with a variety of in-cab devices, such as mobile data terminals for job-site reporting, routing, and ...

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 ...

Tool manufacturers are improving all aspects of their tools, including the shape, size, weight, balance, torque, vibration, speed, and noise. Manufacturing industries, with diverse fastening ...

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 ...

Bates College is pleased to offer employees an ergonomics assessment program. Please contact EHS to schedule a review of your office workstation or your job task/other work area. We can often increase ...