Sean Patrick Maloney: “I am rising really in opposition strongly to H.R. 987. This is a needless delay to give American workers the protection…”

“I am rising really in opposition strongly to H.R. 987. This is a needless delay to give American workers the protection that they need and deserve. Since 1995, this is the fourth delay in 5 years. And each year the standard is delayed, another 650,000 workers will suffer disabling injuries. In the interest of time, because many of my colleagues want to speak on this subject, I would like to put in the record case studies of constituents who have suffered from this disease and really the success stories of several businesses that have implemented their own ergonomic programs and greatly reduced the repetitive motion injury claims in their companies. We need to go forward with these OSHA rules. It truly helps businesses too, because these disorders cost employers between $15 billion and $20 billion each year in workers compensation costs. I would also like to point out that it is very much of a woman's issue. Sixty percent of the claims are women that are in these repetitive typing jobs.”