SAN DIEGO - Until recently, the Cal-OSHA program has not been beset by legal challenges as Fed-OSHA often is. But now, two very significant cases have appeared. (Not to mention Prop. 65 lawsuits, in which Cal-OSHA is only peripherally involved.)With the ergonomics standard, for which labor pushed hard, appeals of Judge Ford's ruling will be filed by the Cal-OSH Standards Board and employer groups led by trucking associations. It will be some time before the dust settles on General Industry 5110.
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