Federal Preemption Issues Hang Over Cal-OSHA

By: Cal-OSHA

SAN DIEGO - For years, Cal-OSHA has chugged along not greatly troubled by the great white sharks of litigation. But three recent cases that relate to issues of federal preemption---to say nothing of what the Sacramento Superior Court may decide to do about the ergonomics standard---have Cal-OSHA in shark-infested water.PIPELINE SAFETYSouthern California Gas Company appealed citations written by Cal-OSHA in 1992 after two of its employees were injured attempting to vent natural gas from an inter

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