Letters to the Editor – – Warehouse Construction Fall Protection Requirements Have Changed

SACRAMENTO -- I read with interest an article in the Sept. 24 issue of Cal-OSHA Reporter entitled "Appeals Board Reverses Itself on Fall Protection for Warehouse Projects" (p. 8290). I was pleased to learn the board reversed itself and ruled in favor of common sense by including warehouse-type structures in a broad definition of "large, open-span buildings." This definition was once included in 1710(h) of the Construction Safety Orders (CSO).It must be pointed out, however, that this Decision After R