DHS Report Casts Doubt on Residential Framing Fall Protection Proposal

OAKLAND -- A branch of California's Department of Health Services (DHS) has dropped a "bombshell" on the Cal/OSH Standards Board with a report on construction falls that concludes that proposed fall protection reforms for residential construction are unsupported by available data. Larry McCune, who heads the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Research and Standards Safety Unit, announced the development at the F