ANSI Z-365: Control of Work-Related Cumulative Trauma

During this same time that OSHA began to promulgate a standard (1992), American National Standards Institute's Z-365 Committee was composing a standard entitled "Control of Work-Related Cumulative Trauma Disorders." Like OSHA's effort, this standard has gone through numerous revisions and is still in a draft form. An overview of the April, 1995 Working Draft is provided.

Disorders, Part 1: Upper Extremities Working Draft (April, 1995)
This draft standard contains the components of a health and safety management program geared toward the detection, evaluation, and control of cumulative trauma disorders. It is being written by a committee representing interested employers, employees, trade associations, professional societies, governmental regulators and researchers, suppliers, insurers, academics and individuals.

Draft Content
The draft version has organizational concepts that are similar to OSHA's Ergonomics Program Management Guidelines for Meatpacking Plants. Since this document has not been finalized, reporting on content details is unwise. An overview of document organization is presented.

1. The Process
   • Background
   • Program Components and Organization
     • Management Commitment
     • A Written Document Describing Program And Implementation
     • Provide Training for Affected Employees and Managers
     • Employee Involvement
     • Identify Affected Workers and Work-Related Risk Factors
     • Evaluate Affected Workers
     • Develop And Implement Worker Interventions
     • Evaluate Identified Jobs
     • Develop And Implement Work Place Interventions
   • Program Implementation
   
   
   
2. Surveillance
   • Definition, Purpose, and Requirements of Surveillance
     • Worker Reports (Case-Initiated Entry into the Process)
     • Analysis of Existing Records and Surveys (Past Case-Initiated Entry into the Process)
     • Job Surveys (Proactive Entry into the Process)
   • Components Of A Surveillance System
     • Worker Reports (Case-Initiated Entry into the Process)
     • Analysis of Existing Records and Surveys (Past Case-Initiated Entry into the Process)
     • Job Surveys (Proactive Entry into the Process)
   • Establishing Priorities
   
   
   
3. Job Analysis And Design
   • Introduction
   • Requirements of Job Analysis and Design
   • Description of Work
   • Risk Factors and Definitions
     • Forceful Exertions and Motions
     • Extreme Postures and Motions
     • Repetitive Exertions and Motions
     • Duration of Exertions, Motions, Postures, and Environmental Risk factors
     • Insufficient Recovery from Exertions, Postures and Motions
     • Work Organization Risk Factors
     • Environmental Risk Factors
   • Risk Factor Quantification and Interaction
   • Methods of Analysis
     • Job Surveys
     • Job Analysis
   • The Job Process
     • Solutions
     • Implementation and Follow-up
   • Methods of Intervention
     • Engineering Controls
     • Administrative Controls
     • Environmental Controls
   
   
   
4. Medical Management
   
   
5. Training