The National Safety Council announced that the new proposed voluntary ergonomics standard is now available for formal public comment. The Accredited Standards Committee on Control of Cumulative Trauma Disorders (Z365), accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has developed the proposed standard entitled Management of Work- Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.

This proposed ANSI standard, unlike the ergonomics standard published recently by OSHA, is a voluntary standard. Ten years in the making, the proposed standard was developed by seeking consensus among those most affected, with committee representatives from business, labor, academia and professional societies. It is intended as a guide for managers and occupational safety and health professionals to voluntarily keep workers safe from work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The National Safety Council voluntarily administers the Z365 committee.