DOSH Outlines Challenges to Enforcing Ergonomics Regulation

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

SACRAMENTO -- In the approximately five years the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has been enforcing General Industry Safety Orders 5110, inspectors have faced a daunting threshold.Barriers to issuing ergonomics citations include tough regulatory requirements, plus workers and doctors who often don't understand reporting protocols."The inspections we do produce very low yields of citations," said Len Welsh, DOSH Special Counsel for Regulatory Development, during a presentation o

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