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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.

Ten roles executives should assume for safety.

Rose Freedman, 107, the last survivor of a fire that killed 146 New York City garment workers in 1911 and spawned industrial safety reforms that reverberate to this day, died in mid-February at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif.

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) plans to build support in the House and Senate to strike down OSHA’s ergonomics standard by using the Congressional Review Act.