Target: public warehousing

摘要

Ergonomics in the workplace has sometimes resembled Mark Twain's line about the weather: everyone talks about the importance of ergonomics, but not a lot of companies have done something about it. That may change in the not too distant future, especially in warehouses and distribution centers. That's because the public warehousing and storage industry is one of seven industries where OSHA will concentrate its resources this year. OSHA chief John L. Henshaw says each of the seven has at least 5,000 severe injuries a year, with "half of the lost workday injuries severe enough to cause injured workers to miss at least six days of work."