Industry, Public Citizen Point To Small Business Views To Bolster Opposing Views On MSD Column Rule

Both a public interest advocacy group and industry interests are drawing on the input from small businesses to bolster their opposing views on whether OSHA should proceed with its highly controversial rulemaking effort to add a column for musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) to recordkeeping logs. OSHA recently held teleconferences with small businesses to identify issues surrounding the proposed rulemaking (see related story), and Public Citizen says many small businesses agreed the proposed rule would not be burdensome. But industry groups argue that many others view the rule as overly burdensome