Re: RSI Research by OSHA will be Stopped by Congress Bill

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From: Nicholas Hoh
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <31E51297.3828@aol.com>, LECarter <LECarter@aol.com> wrote:
>Congress is voting today (7/11/96) (on a rider to Labor-HHS-Education 
appropriations 
>bill) to stop  the Occupational Safety & Health Admin. (OSHA) from developing 
rules 
>covering Repetitive Stain Injury (RSI, e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome) & from 
even 
>COLLECTING DATA on RSI.  This is the most common problem of office workers & 
computer 
>users.  For more info, see Washington Post, 7/11/96, p. A4.
>
>Call & email your congressman & senator NOW!!  Although businesses have good 
reason to 
>fear the costs of compliance with OSHA regulation, the costs to society (& 
your career) 
>could well be higher if RSI is not better understood & prevented.

Is this article on their web site?  If not could someone please be kind enough 
to post this and give any more background to this story like why the hell they 
are doing this!!!!!

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From: NHOH@AHS.uwaterloo.ca (Nicholas Hoh)
Subject: Re: RSI Research by OSHA will be Stopped by Congress Bill
Date: 1996/07/12
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