Coming on the heels of OSHA's new, largely voluntary plan aimed at educating employers on how to reduce workplace ergonomics risks, Senators John Breaux (D-La.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) are expected to introduce a bill that would force the Secretary of Labor to issue an ergonomics rule.
The bill, similar to one Breaux and Specter cosponsored last year after Congress voted down the Clinton administration's ergo standard, could be proposed any day now, according to a Senate staffer.