Fed-OSHA Announces “Comprehensive” Ergo Approach

Stating that the complexities of ergonomics hazards in the workplace make developing simple compliance criteria "very difficult," the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has decided against attempting to reforge an ergo standard.Instead, Fed-OSHA will develop voluntary guidelines and will use the federal general-duty clause to target industries with serious ergonomics problems. U.S. Secretary of Labor