It might have taken the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao a year to decide what to do about ergonomics, but now that they've made their announcement, ...

From safety footwear and wearables to lift tables and pallet positioners, human-focused design is reshaping how safety risks ...

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 ...

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 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 — 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 unveiled an initiative to reduce ergonomic injuries through a combination of voluntary guidelines, stronger enforcement of existing rules and ...

If you want to understand why the workplace safety community is so polarized as the nation prepares to choose a president and a new Congress, OSHA's rulemaking record under President George W. Bush ...

The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) wants Amazon corporate to do the heavy lifting on ergonomics reform. The e-commerce giant has reached a settlement with OSHA pertaining to ...

OSHA has issued another citation to Amazon for exposing its workers to ergonomic hazards and failing to provide proper medical care, this time at its fulfillment center in Logan Township, N.J. Amazon ...

The truth hurts. And the truth is, businesses and employees are paying an awful price for the technology on which they’ve become so dependent. They pay in aches, pains, doctor’s bills, missed days, ...

A Jan. 27 Federal Page article contained an incorrect first name for Peg Seminario, safety and health director at the AFL-CIO. (Published 1/28/04) The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is ...