Despite Urgings from One Member, Standards Board Approves Residential Framing – Fall Protection Proposal

SACRAMENTO -- California's residential construction industry got the fall protection rule it wanted - and insisted it desperately needs - but not before the lone medical professional on the Cal/OSH Standards Board voiced his strenuous objections to the regulation.The board voted 5-1 May 20 against Dr. Robert Harrison's motion to table the proposal, which revises Construction Safety Orders 1716.2, and send it back to an advisory committee to carefully study the proposed trigger height of 15 feet, whi