SAN FRANCISCO – WANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: I only know my bit, MR commented. I agree it’s complicated. I would like an advisory committee to discuss all the pieces. SJ: I do know this. There are certain skills an employee needs to stay safe in the workplace: how to meet an agitated person without making the …
SAN FRANCISCO – The joint Republican leadership in Congress has asked the Clinton administration to impose a moratorium on all federal rulemaking to run through the first 100 days of 1995. According to The Wall Street Journal, the freeze would provide a window for consideration of the GOP’s ambition to change the process whereby agencies …
SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Industrial Relations has issued its 1994 legislative summary. It was compiled by Deputy Director Roberta Mendonca. It includes descriptions of 50 bills signed and vetoed on the subjects of occupational health and safety (not all with an impact on Cal-OSHA), wages and working conditions, workers’ compensation and three in …
SACRAMENTO – At its December 15 meeting and hearing, the Cal-OSH Standards Board heard of continued concern about rules for underground construction, was thanked by the business community for its reluctance to regulate ergonomic hazards and got expressions of extreme distaste for Fed-OSHA’s fall protection in construction standard. The members (all six of whom were …
SACRAMENTO – “The federal regulations are not and will not be as effective as Cal-OSHA’s,” Banister said. He was referring to Construction Article 30. “A practical regulation which is apt to be followed is more effective than an impractical regulation which is extremely likely to be extensively ignored.” He asked the board to appoint an …
SACRAMENTO – Construction and general industry orders related to demolition work are the sole items on the agenda for public hearing when the Cal-OSH Standards Board meets January 19 in Los Angeles. Proposed for expansion and revision are 1504, definition of qualified person; 1734 through 1736 in Article 31, demolition; and GISO 4941, cranes used …
SACRAMENTO – The Cal-OSHA Standards Board has given public notice that ad hoc advisory committees will meet in January to consider revisions to the following Cal-OSHA safety orders in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES, Unfired Pressure Vessel Orders: January 11 and 12, Suite 250, 2100 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. …
SACRAMENTO – Employees terrorized at work by criminals cannot sue their employer in civil court: workers’ compensation is their sole remedy, the First Court of Appeal has held. Arendell and Wilson were assaulted at gunpoint while at work at the Auto Parts Club (APC) in Oakland, CA. They were bound, gagged, threatened and robbed and …