But a second, much broader part of OSHA's proposal extends to all jobs. It would dictate that any employer with an employee who reports a work-related musculoskeletal disorder falls under the new regulation. Once such an injury is reported and officially diagnosed, the employer would have to improve conditions for that worker and possibly also make changes in his or her area of the workplace. It's this second part that has some employers worried about expenses and red tape. For instance, the new OSHA standard allows a firm to fix just one employee's workstation if it can show that other workers do not suffer from the same problem.
Employers can also test solutions incrementally, one at a time, until the situation is resolved.
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