In The Work Area 8. Despite the question of whether a job task requiring repeated motion, or pinching and grasping, rises to the level of a hazardous condition in the workplace, and despite the absence of specific standards to outline for employers what exactly they must do to abate CTD injuries, OSHA has let industry know it considers such conditions workplace hazards, and is using the General Duty clause to issue citations. Legal debate also obtains fuel from the Medical controversy over the causation issues. Whether a link really exists between a diagnosed CTD and the activity to which it is attributed. Thus, no argument that the second element of GDC is met.
Problem is how far to go.
Uncertainty over the legality of OSHA's approach to requiring abatement methods for CTDs leaves most employers and employees guessing how to meet OSHA's seemingly slide rule threshold. 2. OSHA Settlements. Leaves the development of a program and its specifics up to the Employer. Three general requirements make a satisfactory OSHA program. B. Minimum information required is actually quite comprehensive.