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Article: A new era in lift/transfer: the ergonomics expert who helped develop the Beverly Enterprises/OSHA settlement offers guidance toward a new approach. (Feature Article).
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- Nursing Homes
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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After many years of controversy and argument, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) settled an enforcement action that began in May 1991. OSHA had issued citations to five Beverly-owned Pennsylvania nursing homes in response to complaints that workers were suffering back injuries related to lifting and transferring residents. The citations had been issued under OSHA's General Duty Clause, which states that an employer must provide its employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards that cause or are likely to cause serious physical harm.
Beverly contested those citations, and a long legal process ensued. ...