Judge Accepts Labor’s Arguments, – Orders Standards Board to Modify Ergonomics Standard

SAN DIEGO - With his Peremptory Writ of Mandate issued October 16, 1997, Sacramento Superior Court Judge James T. Ford commanded the Cal-OSH Standards Board to affirm the text of Title 8 5110, Ergonomics, after removing four invalid parts.While Judge Ford held that key parts of Scope and Application subsection (a) and all of subsection (c) exceeded the board's statutory authority, he wants the rest of 5110 to stand.California Labor News hailed the ruling as a "major victory for California work