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Since 1993, truck drivers have experienced the largest number of injuries and illnesses requiring time away from work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Alan C. McMillan has been named president and chief executive officer of the National Safety Council.

President George W. Bush intends to nominate Dave D. Lauriski to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health at the Department of Labor.

Arguing that OSHA’s new recordkeeping rule is “arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion,” the National Association of Manufacturers went to court March 19 seeking to have the requirements thrown out.

Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) has introduced a bipartisan bill to address ergonomic injuries in the workplace.

For the first time ever, lawsuits have been filed attacking the basis and legality of voluntary Threshold Limit Values set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

Just one in four U.S. adults exercised enough in the 1990s, says the Centers for Disease Control.

Despite the battle in Washington over the ergonomics standard and its uncertain future, a number of ergo seminars and conferences are popping up.

Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. agreed in February to stop genetic testing on employees.

Efforts to overturn OSHA’s ergonomics standard will reach the floor of the U.S. Senate next week when a joint resolution of disapproval will be introduced.