March 29, 2006—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has unveiled a new eTool to help keep workers in America’s printing industry safe.
Ergonomics in the Printing Industry is OSHA’s latest interactive Web-based training tool, a result of the agency’s alliance with the Graphic Arts Coalition.
The eTool focuses on workers involved in printing processes who may be at risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from workplace activities that may require them to work outside their physical capacities (e.g., lifting heavy items or lifting too often, or working in awkward body postures).
Users can access specific printing tasks, such as plate making or hand collating, for a description of each task and the potential hazards that have been identified for that job. The user can navigate within each task to become familiar with the hazards and to learn what others have identified as possible solutions.
