Workplace Injuries

Ergonomic injuries, such as back problems, tendonitis, sprains and strains, and carpal tunnel syndrome, are a serious and expensive workplace problem affecting the health of hundreds of thousands of workers and costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars annually. In 1998, almost six hundred thousand workers suffered ergonomic injuries that were so severe that they were forced to take time off of work. In November 2000, after a decade of work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration established new standards to protect workers from ergonomic injuries. However, in March 2001, Congress and the Bush Administration struck down these new laws, endangering millions of U.S. workers.

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Reports Assess Impact of Worker Safety Rollbacks

A series of reports prepared by the Special Investigations Division of the minority staff investigates the impact of these worker safety rollbacks at the state level.

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