OSHA Pressed To Add MSD Column As Small Business Comment Period Ends

A key advisory panel is urging OSHA to move ahead with its controversial plan to add a musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) column to employer recordkeeping logs, contending that small businesses have now been given ample opportunity to comment on the proposal and OSHA should proceed with a final rule. The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) agreed unanimously at its June 22 meeting in Washington to make the recommendation to OSHA, reiterating its earlier policy favoring an MSD column. The vote applies new pressure on OSHA and the Labor Department to seek White Ho