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 ...

EHS managers of lower-risk facilities know that providing a safe, healthy, and comfortable work environment is key to employee productivity and engagement. As a result, many EHS programs include an ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has unveiled a plan to reduce ergonomic injuries through a combination of industry-targeted guidelines, enforcement measures, workplace ...

The first industry-specific guidelines to reduce ergonomic-related injuries and illnesses will be developed for nursing homes, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao announced today. The Occupational Safety and ...

OSHA makes ergonomics plan voluntary for U.S. businesses The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has unveiled a voluntary plan to reduce ergonomic injuries. The proposed plan ...

Ergonomics programs may tend to focus on the spinal cord, muscles, tendons and ligaments of the back but painful sprains, strains and tears can happen anywhere in the body. Employers should take a ...

Guidelines, not rules, will improve ergonomics On April 5, a year after President Bush and Congress repealed the burdensome ergonomics regulations issued in the final days of the Clinton ...