SAN FRANCISCO - The Cal-OSHA Consultation Service's external education team has completed a very large first assignment---explaining in four hours Cal-OSHA's confined space regulations in General Industry Article 108 of Title 8, California Code of Regulations. There has been a confined spaces standard in Title 8 since 1978, but when Fed- OSHA promulgated 29 CFR 1810.146, the state had to modify the existing rule. The result is GISO 5156 (scope), 5157 (permit-required confined spaces) and 5158 (other con
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