Legal Opinion
United States v. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 14, 1996No. 95-1918PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On the surface this ease appears to touch a sensitive nerve: how the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (1994), interfaces with the field of ergonomics (the study and design of workplace environments and job tasks and their effects on employee health). Indeed, the respondent-appellant, Sturm, Ruger & Co. (Sturmco), and the amicus, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF), deliberately frame the appeal in these terms; they entreat us to declare that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) lacks the authority to regulate…
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