OSHA announces plan for voluntary ergonomics guidelines. (Trends & News).Thirteen months after its ergonomics ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions. rule was rescinded by the U.S. Congress, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate has announced a plan to release voluntary, industry-targeted ergonomics guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for some industries this year. OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. originally released a rule in November 2000, but Congress passed and President Bush signed a joint resolution overturning it last March. OSHA has not yet said which industries it will develop guidelines for. While the guidelines will be voluntary, OSHA says it will take enforcement actions against industries with high injury rates. OSHA also said it will have special ergonomics inspection teams that will work with Department of Labor attorneys. |
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