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Department
of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
29
CFR 1910: Ergonomics Program, Final Rule
SUMMARY:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is issuing a
final Ergonomics Program standard (29 CFR 1910.900) to address
the significant risk of employee exposure to ergonomic risk
factors in jobs in general industry workplaces. Exposure to
ergonomic risk factors on the job leads to musculoskeletal
disorders (MSDs) of the upper extremities, back, and lower
extremities. Every year, nearly 600,000 MSDs that are serious
enough to cause time off work are reported to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics by general industry employers, and evidence
suggests that an even larger number of non-lost worktime MSDs
occur in these workplaces every year.
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