Ergonomics Standard, Battered by Testimony, – Now Goes Back to DOSH for Review (Part 1)

SAN FRANCISCO - At least 500 people attended the second round of public hearings on the proposed ergonomics standard February 24 and 25. Most of them, it seemed, had something to say. A woefully long line of workers came forward to tell the Cal-OSH Standards Board how they had been injured, and how hard it is to find a job that doesn't require use of the hands. The many employers who testified insisted that compliance with the new standard, General Industry 5110, would be impossibly costly and would drive