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The "Action Trigger"
Once an employer has concluded that an employee has suffered an MSD incident, the employer is then obligated to analyze, in detail, the employee's job to see if it meets the Standard's "Action Trigger" (more OSHA-speak). Basically, this requires a precise analysis of whether the employee's job routinely involves, on one or more days a week, exposure to one or more relevant risk factors as defined in an analytical tool that OSHA refers to as the "Basic Screening Tool" (even more OSHA lingo).
If that analysis reveals what OSHA calls a "problem job," the employer is required to take specific actions. If, however, the job analysis does not satisfy the Action Trigger, then no further action need be taken . . . but as noted below, you better be sure.
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