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OSHA’s ergonomics standard goes into effect January 16, 2001.

OSHA, Ford Motor Company, and the United Auto Workers have agreed to an 11-point set of guidelines to provide shorter inspections and diminish the chances of wall-to-wall inspections in 25 Ford facilities nationwide.

Workplace injury and illness rates declined in 1999 to 6.3 cases per 100 full-time workers.

Negotiators for 122 nations have agreed on a global ban on the so-called “dirty dozen” pollutants.

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.