Advisory Committee to Discuss Trench Protections June 23 in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO -- The Cal/OSH Standards Board will convene an advisory committee June 23 to look at proposed revisions to the Construction Safety Orders that would add clearer protections for employees working near trenches.The action is the result of a request by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), which believes existing Construction Safety Orders 1541(l) is "insufficiently protective, and ambiguous."It states that employers must provide walkways or bridges with standard guardrai