The other five injuries were reported to us and were mostly slips or trips. Two could be considered ergonomic injures but neither of these injuries required compensation. We have employees who are in their seventies who have said they no longer can do the jobs that they were doing and have asked to have their schedule or task changes. We have made those changes for they are good workers and want to work and we want to keep them. Even if the rule is necessary to protect my workers, and I do not think it is, the proposed standard does not help me protect my workers.
Nobody is perfect and people can make mistakes.
Sometimes these strains and pulls are the result of activities that occur away from the work place from a touch football game to a bowling league to Internet surfing. Another cause of these strains could also be a lack of physical exercise. We have addressed these kinds of issues in the past and will continue to do so. We do not need a regulation to show us what is common sense. One of my immediate concerns with OSHA's proposal is the time and cost for me to understand and implement this program.