Standards Board Approves “Historic” Regulation on Ag Hand Weeding

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

SAN DIEGO - Just in time for the 2005 growing season, the Cal/OSH Standards Board approved a groundbreaking regulation that proponents hope will lead to few back injuries among farmworkers. The ban on hand weeding, which includes several exceptions, "is not a perfect regulation" but still an important development, said Mark Schacht, deputy director of California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, one of several group

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