Fed-OSHA Decides to Abandon MSD Column on Log 300 Forms

Under a final rule published June 30 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, employers will not have to record musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in a separate column on their Log 300 form. The rule will take effect Jan. 1, 2004. California and other state-plan states will have six months from that date to adopt a comparable regulation, but the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has not deci