{"id":15025,"date":"2026-02-02T08:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/?p=15025"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:58:30","slug":"state-health-safety-enforcement-and-your-ergonomics-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/state-health-safety-enforcement-and-your-ergonomics-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of health and safety enforcement &#8211; and your ergonomics program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1770040683464{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>In 2026, decidedly less is being done to protect workers across the US. OSHA activity is in rapid decline, as are health and safety enforcement cases, and there appears to be a focus on shifting several aspects of health and safety enforcement from a penalty system to voluntary compliance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, with enforcement waning, is there still a business case for investing in workplace safety? The answer is unequivocally yes, and in fact, from a purely financial perspective, not much has changed. What <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and will <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to change is the moral aspect of workplace protections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we explain the validity of safety measures, such as ergonomics programs, in a climate of diminished legal responsibilities to protect workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The decline in workplace safety enforcement &#8211; an overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of political perspective, recent federal actions have materially reduced workplace safety enforcement in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the earliest indicators was the closure of 11 OSHA offices, many in states with the highest rates of workplace fatalities, immediately limiting the agency\u2019s on-the-ground reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has seen its funding dramatically reduced, with staffing levels shrinking from approximately 1,400 employees to fewer than 150<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This erosion of research capacity further weakens the infrastructure that informs evidence-based workplace protections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/repor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Good Jobs First, a national policy resource center focused on accountability in economic development, highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rate of OSHA penalties issued has fallen by <\/span><b>45%<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total workplace health and safety penalties are down <\/span><b>47%<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health and safety enforcement cases have declined by <\/span><b>35%<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking ahead, the FY 2026 Labor Department budget proposal includes OSHA funding cuts that could reduce enforcement workforce by an additional 12%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combined, these trends suggest we\u2019re heading for sustained reduction in inspections, citations and regulatory pressure, shifting the burden of workplace safety oversight increasingly onto employers themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MSD factor &#8211; Why the reduced workplace safety oversight is particularly relevant to ergonomics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reduction in workplace safety enforcement is closely tied to the current administration\u2019s executive order, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnleashing Prosperity through Deregulation,\u201d.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This order is based on the premise that regulation creates unnecessary costs and slows business growth, a flawed outlook, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/how-poor-ergonomics-undermines-smart-manufacturing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduced worker protections often undermines growth initiatives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In compliance with the executive order, federal agencies have been directed to scale back regulatory activity across multiple domains, including workplace health and safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In line with this directive, the Department of Labor announced it would <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2025\/07\/01\/2025-11624\/occupational-injury-and-illness-recording-and-reporting-requirements-withdrawal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">halt OSHA\u2019s proposed amendment to the agency\u2019s 300 Log<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a change that would have required employers to more clearly record work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this rollback reduces administrative requirements, it also removes a key mechanism for tracking one of the most common and costly categories of workplace injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, OSHA has signaled plans to narrow or eliminate protections related to hazards common in higher-risk occupations. These shifts reduce clarity around employer obligations and make ergonomic risks (often gradual, cumulative, and less visible) easier to overlook or deprioritize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As OSHA enforcement declines and reporting requirements narrow, ergonomics risks become less visible at the regulatory level but no less present in day-to-day operations. This places musculoskeletal health in a uniquely exposed position, particularly for organizations operating in physically demanding or repetitive work environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why it makes financial sense for businesses to continue investing in workplace safety<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diminished OSHA enforcement does not change the underlying economics of workplace injury. It only changes <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the costs appear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musculoskeletal disorders remain one of the most common and expensive categories of workplace injury in the United States. Unlike acute incidents, MSDs develop gradually, often surfacing only after productivity has already declined, employees have taken repeated time off, or claims have escalated into long-term disability. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These costs rarely show up as a single line item, but they compound quickly through workers\u2019 compensation claims, rising insurance premiums, overtime coverage, turnover, and retraining.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a financial perspective, reduced regulatory pressure can actually increase risk exposure. When fewer inspections occur and fewer hazards are formally cited, ergonomic issues are more likely to go unaddressed until they result in injury. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that point, the organization absorbs the full cost, often without the early warning that enforcement activity once provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also a timing risk. Workers\u2019 compensation claims, insurance adjustments, and litigation lag well behind the initial exposure. Decisions to scale back safety investment may appear cost-effective in the short term, only to surface months or years later as higher premiums, restricted work capacity, or permanent impairment claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By contrast, proactive investment in ergonomics offers predictable, controllable costs. Ergonomic assessments, task redesign, and targeted interventions reduce injury frequency and severity, stabilize claims history, and improve workforce availability. For many organizations, these investments pay for themselves through reduced lost-time incidents and lower indirect costs long before they would ever attract regulatory attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a low-enforcement environment, workplace safety is no longer driven by compliance pressure but financial discipline. Companies that continue to invest are managing risk on their own terms, rather than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/reactive-vs-proactive-ergonomics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reacting to preventable costs after the fact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The moral case for supporting employees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduced enforcement may change the rules of the game, but it doesn\u2019t change the reality of work or the impact that poor ergonomics has on people\u2019s lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees still feel the strain of repetitive tasks, awkward postures, and physically demanding work long after the shift ends. Chronic pain, reduced mobility, and shortened careers are borne by real people, not balance sheets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b><i>Related <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/5-ways-to-support-employees-uncertain-times\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to support your employees through uncertain times<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizations that continue to invest in workplace safety send a message that employee well-being isn\u2019t contingent on regulatory pressure. In periods of lighter oversight, those choices become more visible, not less, shaping trust, morale, and long-term workforce stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Looking ahead<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulatory priorities shift. Enforcement ebbs and flows. Organizations that base their approach to workplace safety in short-term policy cycles often find themselves scrambling when expectations change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The companies that remain steady are the ones that treat ergonomics and risk management as part of how they operate, rather than just a response to inspections or penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve long advocated for treating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/beyond-ergonomics-compliance-why-the-extra-mile-matters-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compliance as a jumping off point<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/ergonomic-management\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our ergonomics software<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/global-ergonomics-services\/#1701966454310-d00456f5-bf69\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make it practical and financially viable to go the extra mile, catching ergonomic hazards early, reducing musculoskeletal injuries, and creating safer, more resilient workplaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the pendulum swings again, the organizations that invested early won\u2019t need to catch up. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinus.com\/us\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Cardinus today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn more about how we can support your business and workforce through these complex times.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Citations<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clasp.org\/blog\/cuts-to-niosh-and-osha-are-an-imminent-threat-to-all-workers\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuts to NIOSH and OSHA are an imminent threat to all workers<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLASP.org<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1770040683464{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]In 2026, decidedly less is being done to protect workers across the US. 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