If Gore wins this election, you can count on these rules taking effect. If Bush takes the post, the chances of ergonomic reform could be considered effectively blocked as well as any money to enforce the current rules already in place. Companies have argued that following the rules will hurt smaller businesses whose ability to revamp current systems, the ones that lead to musculoskeletal disorders, would be cost prohibitive. What the rules want to do is reduce these problems. Large companies have ergonomic engineers in place and are making headway into these types of injuries.
Voluntary mechanisms work well for some companies.
It is the ones that aren't proactive that are in question.