SACRAMENTO - The progress of proposed General Industry 5110, for ergonomics, vividly illustrates the tripartite nature of the Cal-OSHA program. Because 5110 is considered a health standard, it was drafted (and repeatedly redrafted) by Division of Occupational Safety and Health staff in consultation with a large, outspoken advisory committee. But it cannot be put in Title 8 for Cal-OSHA to enforce until the independent Cal-OSH Standards Board (whose members are equally outspoken) votes to adopt it. And
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