SACRAMENTO -- At the Cal/OSH Standards Board's public hearing on Feb. 20, former ironworker Nicholas Garcia urged the board to reconsider a decision to leave his proposal to require protection for ironworkers who handle rebar out of a rule making package addressing the hazards of reinforcing steel, commonly known as rebar.The package would revise the Construction Safety Orders (CSO). The board dropped Garcia's proposed revision, which would have required employers to provide workers who handle rebar
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