Standards Board Adopts Ergonomics Rule—What Next?

By: Cal-OSHA

SAN DIEGO - On November 14, the seven members of the Cal-OSH Standards Board voted unanimously to adopt Title 8 5110, Repetitive Motion Injuries. This makes California "the first state in the nation with an ergonomics standard to protect workers from work-related repetitive motion injuries (RMI)," in the words of the press release issued on the spot by the Department of Industrial Relations.For those businesses with ten or more employees, the new regulation will be triggered only when at least two

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