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March 20, 2000 9:30 AM, EST

Stacked side by side, the 90 five-inch-thick binders containing the ergonomics documentation resembled a fort as opponents continued to lay siege to the proposed standard last week.

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As witnesses began testimony at the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., on March 13, critics of the controversial program gathered on the same day at a press conference in another location in the city to lambaste the standards.

The Occupation Safety and Health Administration hearings will collect public comments on plans for new workplace regulation on ergonomics, with the goal of reducing the number of injuries on the job. The maritime, agriculture and construction industries are exempted for now by the proposed standard.

But other businesses have opposed many of the provisions because of cost and other concerns.

For the full story, see the Mar. 20 print edition of Transport Topics. .