SAN DIEGO -- A variance request that was initiated more than three years ago was denied on procedural grounds July 15 by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.An organization of 74 agricultural entities known as California Safety Services Group Ltd. (CSSG) has been seeking a permanent variance from General Industry Safety Order 3441 since May 1996. CSSG wanted the Standards Board to allow its members to use furrow-guided, self-propelled tractors without operators having to be stationed
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