OSHA targets ergo settlement agreements for cancellation
OSHA this month has begun canceling ergonomics agreements made with several major United States companies, according to ergoweb.com. The agreements were old agreements that may have expired unnoticed, so the cancellations are likely to be viewed as an effort by the White House to underline its antipathy to ergonomics regulations.
Commenting on the cancellations, Peter Budnick, Ph.D., CPE, an ergonomics lecturer and principal of Ergoweb Inc., said the move shouldn’t be a surprise due to the age of the agreements. "On the other hand," he said, "they could have simply let them quietly die, rather than actively seeking to close them out, which seems telling."