Legislative Committee Looks at Ergonomics Standard

SACRAMENTO - On February 26, for two hours, the Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation led by Sen. Steve Peace heard invited speakers talk about ergonomics standards in the context of the 1993 workers' compensation reform package. A section in it requires the state to enact a standard to "minimize injury from repetitive motion" (Labor Code 6357).Executive Officer John MacLeod of the Cal-OSH Standards Board was the first speaker. He told COR he gave a brief account of what the board is doing about