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The AFL-CIO and other unions are challenging OSHA’s ergonomics standard in court.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has dropped its support of OSHA’s ergonomics standard.

After a two-year review of the standard, OSHA is calling for comments on a new amendment.

There’s no lack of OSHA issues for the new year.

Join Coastal Training Technologies and Industrial Safety & Hygiene News (ISHN) on November 30th at 2pm EST for a live one-hour Ergonomics: Solving the Compliance Puzzle.

From 1973 to 1997, the rate for total recordable cases of injuries and illnesses in private industry declined from 11.0 to 7.1 cases per 100 full-time workers.

President Clinton has signed into law safe needle legislation to help protect healthcare workers from injury by needlesticks.

A note of caution for those working excessive overtime.

It’s interesting to compare reactions to OSHA’s ergonomics standard from two of the leading safety and health professional organization.

Business groups argue about OSHA’s new requirements.