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OSHA Update: Industry Specific Guidelines and Four-Pronged Approach for Ergonomics, Evacuations ( February 2003 )
Guidelines: Making slow but steady progress, this past fall OSHA published its first set of industry-specific guidelines on ergonomics. Focusing on the nursing home industry, the first set of guidelines consists of three components: management practices, work-site analysis and control methods. -
Toxic Mold: a Real, "Growing" Concern ( October 2002 )
Move aside asbestos, radon and lead paint—as mundane a substance as it may seem, the environmental hazard du jour is mold. Nationwide reports document the substantial concern that mold has attracted from environmental and health agencies, courts, insurance companies, employers and employees, multi-family property owners and, predictably, personal injury lawyers. Even Erin Brockovich (the real one, not Julia Roberts) has sued her builder for mold that developed in her home. -
OSHA Alert: Utah Shifts to Federally Mandated Eight Hour Reporting Requirement ( September 2002 )
In Utah, the federal OSHA regulations are implemented through the Utah Occupational Safety and Health branch ("UOSH"). UOSH recently announced that it is moving from 12-hour to 8-hour oral reporting for deaths or serious injuries. -
OSHA Announces Ergonomics Plan ( September 2002 )
After having the Clinton administration's ergonomics regulations repealed by Congress last spring, the Bush administration went into a planning phase for over a year and recently announced its intentions. Instead of the mandatory ergonomics rules advanced under the Clinton administration, OSHA is going to develop industry-specific "guidelines" that will be enforced under the general duty clause. -
OSHA's New Recordkeeping Requirements: Where Does Utah Stand? ( March 2002 )
As most employers know, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") passed new recordkeeping requirements that became effective January 1, 2002. Despite being three times longer than the old regulations, the new regulations are being touted by OSHA as simpler and clearer. -
Economics Of Ergonomics ( March 2001 )
On November 14, 2000, OSHA published its final ergonomics program standard. As defined by OSHA, ergonomics is the science of fitting the jobs to the people who work in them. OSHA's goal in requiring a workplace ergonomics program is to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as carpal tunnel syndrome. -
OSHA Issues Final Ergonomics Standard ( January 2001 )
(For the full, 30-page article explaining in more detail the ergonomics standard's requirements, please contact the. -
OSHA Multi-Employer Citation Policy ( January 2001 )
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") has issued a Directive clarifying its multi-employer . -
Jackson Lewis:Summary of the OSHA Ergonomics Program Standard ( November 2000 )
This article provides a summary of the new long awaited final rule for an Ergonomics Program Standard. This paper reviews which jobs are covered by the rule, what is a musculoskeletal disorder, and the primary elements of a complete ergonomics program. -
Jackson Lewis:The Health Care Employer ( July 2000 )
In this issue of the Health Care Employer, the following topics are discussed: the labor board expands the rights to representation during an investigatory interview to non-union employees; a hopsital is not liable for discharging a nurse with a lifting restriction; a New York Appeals court finds charge nurses are supervisors; and information on HCFA's new requirements.
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