On Dec. 17, Cal/OSHA issued the first citations for violations of the strictures of the 18-month-old ergonomics standard. Twenty other repetitive motion injury (RMI) cases are under active investigation, but because of the way Title 8 section 5110 is written, Cal/OSHA's burden of proof is very high. Enforcement of the nation's first ergonomics standard has been a source of great frustration to Cal/OSHA compliance officers.San Francisco International Airport (SFO) was cited under 5110(b)
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