Study Will Analyze Injury Risks for Janitors as Building Owners Prepare to Reopen

The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation approved a proposed study that will examine physical exposure and musculoskeletal injury risks for janitorial workers as many California businesses eye reopening amid loosening COVID-19 restrictions.  “The light at the end of the tunnel with vaccinations, for janitors it's very much a train headed down the tunnel at them," Andrew Gross-Gaitan, a research director for Service Employees International Union, said during a CHSWC meeting Thursday. "They’re going to dramatically increase the amount of...