Chemical Manufacturers, the Hcs, – Cal-OSHA and Prop. 65

SAN DIEGO - 1996 is an unusual year for Cal-OSHA, which does not often find itself in civil court unless an employer dissatisfied with the outcome of an administrative appeal of the citation takes its plea to a superior court. Usually, it is the Cal-OSH Appeals Board that is challenged. But this year it is the Cal-OSHA program that is the target --- directly in federal court in San Diego and indirectly in two state appeal courts.All three cases attack the linkage between the hazard communication st