OSHA Says MSD Column Would Peg Specific Work Site Issues, Employers Fear Workers' Comp Costs

OSHA officials said the controversial proposal to reestablish a column on injury and illness recordkeeping logs to designate work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) would help identify specific work sites that are experiencing patterns of MSD problems, and reiterated their stance that employers would simply be required to record injuries that they already track under existing reporting rules. But small business officials told the agency in teleconferences this week that the proposal would impose costly paperwork requirements and could cause workers' compensation insurance premiums to rise