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Senate Approves Ban on Funding For Ergonomics Rule

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House Votes to Block Funding for OSHA's Ergonomics Rule
Read more on OSHA's Ergonomics proposal in the Truckline Safety & Workplace section

On June 30, the U.S. Senate approved, 52-43, the Labor, Health & Human Services and Education appropriations bill, including ATA-supported language that restricts funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed ergonomics regulation.

The House earlier approved it's version of the bill, which contains language that prohibits funding for OSHA to "promulgate, issue, implement, administer, or enforce any proposed, temporary, or final standard on ergonomic protection." Within the next few weeks, a House/Senate Conference will meet to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the appropriation bills.

The proposed ergonomics regulations would impose costly and far-reaching medical review and worker-payment requirements for work-related "musculoskeletal disorders," including in much of the trucking industry.



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