The standard applies to all employers, with the exception of office management and support services directly related to that employment, and those companies that are already covered by OSHA s construction standards, maritime standards and agriculture standards.
Railroad operations are also exempt from the standard.
Controls also need to be evaluated to assure that they re effective. Program evaluation, as demonstrated by regular reviews of the elements of the program and of the effectiveness of the program as a whole, using such measures as reductions in the number and severity of MSDs, increases in the number of jobs in which MSD hazards have been controlled, or reductions in the number of jobs posing MSD hazards to employees. This also includes the correction of identified deficiencies in the program. At least one review of the elements and effectiveness of the program must have taken place prior to October 14, 2001. A short description of the requirements of the ergonomics standard, which includes making the summary of the requirements available to the employee.