A Burdensome Veto

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

SACRAMENTO -- Regarding our Oct. 1 story about Gov. Schwarzenegger's veto of AB 2532, which would have addressed back problems among health care workers by requiring hospitals to employ dedicated teams and specialized equipment to lift patients, we got the following response from David Eigner, who works as a corporate safety manager in Woodland Hills. The governor said he vetoed the legislation because hospitals already are under the burden of a number of "well-intentioned mandates" and the lift team re

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