Most safety professionals believe that occupational ergonomics is a safety discipline because organizations have traditionally looked to them to address “ergonomic issues.”  I pose to you a different paradigm -- that occupational ergonomics is an engineering discipline.

Introduction of new legislation pertaining to chemical products means that companies will need to start communicating and exchanging data up and down the supply chain, including providing chemical suppliers with information on how they are using their chemical products. There are several approaches that companies are taking to obtain and analyze this chemical information for both regulatory compliance and for use in business decision-making.