Board’s June Agenda Includes Protective Equipment, Elevator Safety Proposals

LOS ANGELES -- The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will take up the issues of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the construction industry and elevator safety, in a public hearing June 17 at the Harris State Building in Oakland.The first set of proposed changes would amend Construction Safety Orders (CSO) 1515(a), 1516(d) and 1517(c), Head, Eye/Face and Foot Personal Protective Equipment - Construction Industry.Changes to 1515, Head Protection, would delete references to outdat