SACRAMENTO – Amendments to streamline regulations governing the liquefied petroleum industry have been adopted by the Cal-OSH Standards Board and became effective January 3, 1997. The revisions of the Unfired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders pertaining to LPG systems reflect current practices, techniques and equipment that will be, or already are, common practice in the industry. …
SACRAMENTO – On February 4 a standards advisory committee chaired by John Lemire, principal safety engineer with the DOSH Pressure Vessel Unit, will meet to consider amending Title 8, Article 7 of the Unfired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders concerning compressed and liquefied natural gas systems. The meeting will be held in Room 601, 7700 Edgewater …
SACRAMENTO – In conjunction with the National Safety Council’s Construction Division meeting in Sacramento February 2 – 4, an all-day seminar on Advanced Construction Safety solutions will be presented on the 4th, and a 10-hour OSHA Construction Safety and Health training course is being offered on February 1. Cost for the seminar is $75. The …
SACRAMENTO – Fed-OSHA now has advisory committees at work on safety standards for fire protection for all shipyard employment as well as steel erection in construction. Membership in both cases is drawn from groups interested in, or affected by, the outcome of the rulemaking. For purposes of the negotiated rulemaking process (“reg/neg”), decisions are made …
SACRAMENTO – Fed-OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced that they will work jointly to identify and publicize root causes of chemical accidents and develop recommendations for preventing similar incidents in the future. They have agreed to conduct joint investigations of major chemical accidents and will report on them. Chemical accidents or releases characterized …
SACRAMENTO – The Cal-OSHA Policy and Procedure (P&P) Manual (Section C – Compliance) is now on the Internet. “This should be good news for your readers,” Chief John Howard told COR. By using any browser, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, interested parties can access the P&P Manual by seeking the DIR home page at …
SACRAMENTO – Not many bills of interest to occupational health and safety professionals became laws in 1996. Among bills the Department of Industrial Relations singled out were: AB 521 (Aguiar), now Ch. 96-802; SB 2005 (Thompson), Ch. 96-683; SB 1486 (Calderon), Ch. 96-526; SB 987 (Polanco), Ch. 96-664; and AB 3037 (Cannella), Ch. 96-989. SMOKING …
SACRAMENTO – California’s draft ergonomics regulation—the first in the nation designed to protect workers from work-related repetitive motion injuries (RMIs)—is down but not out. The Office of Administrative Law completed its review of Title 8 5110 on January 2 and, in an 18-page decision, notified the Cal-OSH Standards Board that it had disapproved the rule …