Salt Lake Tribune | 1994-11-16 | Page 16

WEDNESDAY, November 16, 1994 Che Salt Lake Tribune PAGEB-4 e WEATHER WORLDBRIEFS Page B-8 Page B-5 265.02 atk 769.02 s3e70 s ° Novell President Promises World Easy Access eee 30 INDUSTRIALS 3,826.36 '+2.20 lm» '-3.37 +0.88 120.00¢° ; puting Information First His View of Future Involves +1.65¢ utting MEANWHILE 0 “Whenyouare talking about the informa- LAS VEGAS — Microsoft Chairman Bill company’s newMicrosoft Network, an on-line information service similar to America Online or Compuserve s, hundreds of boaters apparently have been buying and craft at the lake on the Utah-Arizonastate line without Robert But this summer, the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation issued more than 200 citations to ownersof large boats on the lake without a registration sticker. To get that sticker, boat owners must paypropertytax in one of ‘e Powell — located in a ional recreation area adminis- step in By Ronald E. Yates CHICAGO TRIBUNE workstation manufacturers CHICAGO — Twisting. Bend- ing. Lifting. Typing. Discussions between Kennecott This is what goes on in today’s A Salon, a hair-styling company, has opened at 3211 S. Highland Drive in Salt Lake City. The salon is owned by Minerals Co. of Salt Lake City and Kinross Gold USA over the $47 million purchase of Kennecott’s RidgewayMine in Fairfield Coun- workplace, and this is what your government wants to do something about. Specifically, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to control the amountofrepetitive motion and “ergonomic hazards” that 120 million Americans endure each day. For the last two years OSHA hasdiligently surveyed American offices and factories, absorbed reams of medical documentation and interviewed hundredsofer- Bryan Watts y, S.C., have been calledoff. The company had announced early last month it was negotiat- Moxie Java. a new coffeehouse is opening in Sugar House. It opens today at 2223 S. Highland Drive. The compa- ny also has coffeehouses in Taylorsville and Sandy. 125,000 ounces of gold annually. A spokeswoman for Kennecott Corp., parent of Kennecott Min- erals, said the deal fell apart because negotiators could not agree onspecific details of the proposed agreement. She declined to elaborate Venture Capitalists Soliciting Projects gonomic experts in an effort to Health Benefits America plans to build a complex at Decker Lake Business Park in West Valley City. Durirg the create more federal regulations to protect workers Those rules are in their final draft stages and are dueto bereleased in December. That's when the fun will start, next 10 years, the company plans to construct seven build- ings to accommodate its benefits-administration, customerservice, distribution and printing functions say those who spend their time watching the workplace For example, many wonder howthe regulations will be enforced. Will there be squads of “ergonomic police” wandering o The Wayne Brown Institute in Salt Lake City has extended to Mondaythe deadline for compa- nies to submit summaries of their operations for review by venturecapital groups. The original deadline was Nov 14 for the institute's 10th annual Utah Venture Capital Conference. The conference offers companies an opportunity to pitch ideasto local and national investors. Theinstitute has helped more than 30 companies raise more than $45 million. For morei-.formation. call 595-1141 about computer networks,” Frankenbergsaid. In the future, Frankenberg envisions, peoplewill talk to people on networks hooked together — andit will not matter if those networksoperate next door or are separated by the oceans. Novell already is working on the technology that will allow computerusersto easily access information carried on other networks, be it the oneat the hospital or the Louvrein Paris. Access to information over networkswill eveng be useful to people who service vending check on the status of inventory in each of their machines and how much cash each has inside. “It's a lot closer than you think,” Frankenbergsaid, touching upon the products now un- isi i _sible using simple mouse technology. Just point out the hospital on a graphic rendering of a community andthenaccess the data about your latest billing statement. Just point to France on a mapof Europe, and then to Paris, and thenclick on the Louvre andfind out what exhibits are on display. Commenting on Frankenberg’s presentation, Peter Genereaux, president of the Utah Information Technologies Association, said the only drawback maybegetting people to go beyondtheir comfort level and ontothe learning curve that will allow them eventually to access the information. But he said if Novell's products are “truly point andclick, then maybethe learning curve is not whatit used to be.” The network Frankenbergenvisionswill not all be the informationthat is constantly thrust at people through various media. It also will be the information people want, that will enable them to have access to their own personal information, no matter wherethey are. OSHA Repetitive Study May Smooth Workers’ Moves E&S’s plan to move high-end computer graphics to providing graphics to the world’s largest computer and Kennecott Minerals Ends Talks on Mine duces some But Novell’s chairman nonetheless stunned from being a direct supplier of tered by the federal government. sd gold-recoveryplant, pro- full for Frankenberg’s presentation Station workstation family of products. The deal is another tion superhighway you are really talking machines. Theywill be able to automatically He may not have packed the 7,500 seat Aladdin Theatre the way Gates did on Monday. Only about two-thirds of the seats were Lake City is developing 3-D graphic accelerators for Digital Equipment Corp,’s Alpha- le that neither the state nor counties have jurisdiction ing thesale of the mine to Toronto-based Kinross for $47 million. The mine, which consists of open-pit operations. a crushing nding facility and a spe- them at the Comdex computer trade show. Evans & SutherlandofSalt matteris resolved at trial at owners intend to ask Sam president and It was Frankenberg’s turn Tuesday to wow BRIEFLY... fromissuing citations until the chief executive officer of Provo-based Novell Inc., wants to hook the world upto its information sources. Andif a lot of that information just happens to beavailable using Novell networks, all the better. paying Utah property taxes. the three counties adjacent to the e hosefiling suit want U.S. District Judge David Sam to ban the Frankenberg, - exchanging information, hesaid. Gates wants to hook computer usersup to his Lake Powell boat owners have filed a federal lawsuit against the challenging its assessment of taxes on waterborne property amou! It all involves people exchanging ideas and BySteven Oberbeck der developmentat Novell that will make the Ga eeTePeertgpane ‘W THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Lake Powell Boaters Fight Taxes me pute ye Ue version ofhow vat The Radisson Suite Hotel in Ogden has been named to the Historic Hotels of America program. The hotelis a historic landmarkin the northern Utah through offices to make sure we are all workingin ‘‘ergonomically correct” positions? Will we all be outfitted with protective back supports, belts and wrist orthotics? OSHA isn’t saying, but a spokesmanforthe agencysaid enforcementof the newregulations, yet to be approved by the White House Office of Management and Budget, will be a priority. “We don’t know what OSHA will propose,” said Robert Radwin, associate professorof industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. “But thereis still a lot of researchto be done on this issue. Just because OSHA releases newregulations doesn’t mean we haveall the answers to this problem.” cumulative trauma disorders, whichare a result of jobs that require repetitive motion. The most commondisordersassociated with repetitive motion are lower-back pain, eyestrain andthe highly publicized computer-era ailment called carpal-tunnel syndrome, said Edie Adams, an ergonomist at Seattle’s Joyce Institute, which provides ergonomicstraining for businesses. “These kinds of injuries affect at least 10 percent of our work force every day,’ Adams said. “There is a real need for some kind of medical management and early reporting so when the symptomsbegin, they can be dealt with beforeit results in a disability.” The problem, say people such THEASSOCIATED PRESS OREM — Thefederal government has awarded Orem a $3 million loan to help build a new conference and convention centerat the mouth of Provo Canyon. Democratic Rep. Bill Orton, whoannouncedtheloan on Tuesday, said it will allow thecity to acquire and clear blighted property for the center and help fund its construction. Theloan makessense for Utah and the federal government,” Or- gram designation. o Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc. of Provo has declared a 5-cent-per-share quarterly cash dividend. It is payable Noy. 30 to shareholdersof record on Friday. The company makes and sells encapsulated and tableted herbal products. ton said. “It’s a helping hand, every few seconds for more than two hours. @ Work in awkwardpositions for more than two hours,such as kneeling, squatting or bending @ Lift or carry anything weighing more than 25 pounds without assistance more than once during a shift. @Dorepetitive piecework or machine-paced work for more than four hours. SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS” TO YOUR NEWSPAPER CARRIER WITH A GIFT as Radwin, whois chairmanofthe Ergonomics Committee of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, is enormous. According to data collected from America’s factories and offices by the Bureau of LaborStatistics, 60 percent of all workplace injuries are dueto so-called Orem Wins Federal Loan to Construct Center community. It is one of 100 hotels nationwide to earn the pro- According to an OSHA spokesman, workersat risk for cumulative trauma disorders are those who: @ Usevibrating tools for more than twohoursattime. Perform the same motions rather than a handout, that will fuel Orem's economic development.” Thecity also has contacted hotelier John HammondsofSpringfield, Mo., about constructing a 235-room hotel at the site. The center and hotel wouldbe located on about 17 acres currently occu- pied bya publicutility station. Orton said the projectwill create about 300 temporary jobs during planning and construction and about 200 permanentjobs at the center andhotel. Procter & Gamble Will Drop Diaper Prices THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI — The Procter & Gamble Co. said Tuesday it was cutting the price of its Luvs dis- posable diapers but increasing the list prices of toilet paper and towels The companywill increase the price of Charmintoilet paper 5 percent. Bounty paper towels 6 percent and Puffs tissues 8 percent. The increases, effective Feb. 13, reflect higher pulp prices, the companysaid. Theprice of Luvs diapers will drop 11 percent per diaper to make the brand more competitive. At the same time, the companywill move to a unisex brand and put 10 fewer diapers into each pack. “We expect Luvs’ [market] share to grow behind these moves,” the companysaid. Pampersdiapers, also made by P&G, will drop 2 percentper diaper. and packages will be 10 percent smaller, the companysaid. The company does notgive out retail prices for its products,official said. { much it costs. 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