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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedLabor department delays ergonomics announcement. (Manufacturing News).
Food Engineering, November, 2001
IN THE WAKE OF SEPTEMBER'S terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Labor has decided to postpone the announcement of its plan of action on inplant ergonomics. The announcement, which was expected in September, will be made sometime before winter.
In July, the Labor Department conducted three forums in Virginia, Illinois and California to solicit public comment on ergonomics. Expert witness testimony and written comments are under review.
The Labor Department noted that its staff and members of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) have been heavily involved in the rescue and recovery efforts at New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which has prevented the department from devoting its...
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