Known hazard means hazards in your workplace that you know are reasonably likely to cause or contribute to a WMSD. The following are known hazards covered by the OSHA ergonomic standard:

• WMSD hazards identified in insurance reports.
• WMSD hazards identified in consultant reports.
• WMSD hazards identified in prior OSHA inspections.
• WMSD hazards identified in self audits.
• WMSD hazards identified and communicated to you by HCPs.
• Accepted WMSD workers' compensation claims. Manual handling operations are physical work activities meeting these criteria:
• They involve lifting/lowering, pushing/pulling, or carrying; AND
• They involve exertion of considerable force because the particular load is heavy OR the cumulative total of the loads during a workday is heavy (i.e., substantial loads); AND
• These manual handling work activities are a significant part of the employee's regular job duties.

Manufacturing operations cover a range of jobs that are directly involved in producing durable and non-durable goods. Manufacturing production jobs involve working supervisors and all non-supervisory Employee(s) who engage in fabricating, processing, assembling, and other services closely associated with manufacturing production. In this standard, manufacturing operations are limited to those that meet these criteria:

(1)

They are performed in manufacturing industries; AND

(2)

They are production jobs performed by Employee(s) and their supervisors in those industries; AND

(3)

The production work activities are a significant part of the employee's regular job duties.

While each job must be considered on the basis of its actual duties, the following table lists job categories that typically fall inside and outside this definition:

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