Re: Position Announcement - Cornell - 40 lbs of dust

["S. COX" <scox75@VERIZON.NET>]

Is the lifting requirement for all professional librarians at Cornell, in
this instance, or just for the Special Collections professionals?  And if
so, why should some professionals have to be physically strong, while their
equals in other departments are not expected to lift anything?


                                                   ----Shelley Cox


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin. Mac Donnell" <info@MACDONNELLRAREBOOKS.COM>
To: <EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS] Position Announcement - Cornell - 40 lbs of dust


> The lifting requirement is legitimate and common for many jobs, but that
> "dust" requirement might possibly run afoul of ADA II, and OSHA
> regulations,
> things I deal with regularly in my other life as a fire commissioner.
> Generally speaking an employer must provide a safe work environment or
> else
> provide protective measures and equipment when the work must take place in
> an unsafe environment. You might ask a lawyer to help reword that
> requirement so it doesn't sound like a demand that employees be able to
> work
> in a dusty environment without safety precautions.
>
> Kevin
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Morse" <kewalton@BUFFALO.EDU>
> To: <EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS] Position Announcement - Cornell - 40 lbs of dust
>
>
> > re. 40 lbs:
> > This requirement is fairly standard for archival jobs because archivists
> > tend to spend a lot of time lugging around full record cartons.
> > My guess is that the Assistant Curator will also be working with
> manuscript
> > material.
> > Cheers,
> > Karen
> > __________________________________________________________
> > Karen Walton Morse ~ Processing Archivist
> > Special Collections ~ SUNY at Buffalo