Legislation Notwithstanding, Standards Board Has – Strong Views About IIPPs (Part 1)

SAN FRANCISCO - The five members of the Cal-OSH Standards Board, meeting in San Francisco June 23, expressed their concern for the economic impact of safety regulations in two ways. First, they weighed permissible exposure limits against costs of compliance, with respect to grain dust and methyl bromide. Next, they challenged the logic of holding private employers to a different standard than public employers, and refused to approve changes to 3203.A couple of vendors of "ergonomic" products spoke unde