The full program includes, in addition to the elements in the basic program, a hazard analysis of the job the implementation of engineering, work practice, or administrative controls to eliminate or substantially reduce the hazards identified in that job training the employees in that job and their supervisors and the provision of MSD management, including, where appropriate, temporary work restrictions and access to a health care provider or other professional if a covered MSD occurs. If an employee in a manufacturing or manual handling job experiences an OSHA-recordable MSD that is additionally determined by the employer to be covered by the proposed standard, the employer would be required to implement the full ergonomics program for that job and all other jobs in the establishment involving the same physical work activities. The basic program includes the following elements: management leadership and employee participation, and hazard information and reporting. The proposed standard would require all general industry employers whose employees perform manufacturing or manual handling jobs to implement a basic ergonomics program in those jobs. General industry employers covered by the standard would be required to establish an ergonomics program containing some or all of the elements typical of successful ergonomics programs: management leadership and employee participation, job hazard analysis and control, hazard information and reporting, training, MSD management, and program evaluation, depending on the types of jobs in their workplace and whether a musculoskeletal disorder covered by the standard has occurred. SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing an ergonomics program standard to address the significant risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) confronting employees in various jobs in general industry workplaces. Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationĪGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor.ĪCTION: Proposed rule request for comments scheduling of informal public hearing. "This document was published prior to the publication of OSHA's final rule on Ergonomics Program (.900, November 14, 2000), and therefore does not necessarily address or reflect the provisions set forth in the final standard."
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