US labor department will not track musculoskeletal injuries at work

The US Labor Department is dropping a plan to add a column for musculoskeletal disorders to its workplace injury log. This means employers will not have to specifically record these types of injuries separately from other workplace incidents.

The US Labor Department had planned to make it easier to track a specific type of workplace injury: musculoskeletal disorders. These are injuries to muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, and spinal discs. The agency will no longer require employers to specifically record these injuries. This makes it harder to see how often these injuries happen and where.