SACRAMENTO — Cal/OSH Appeals Board’s attempt to revise its appeals procedures is back to square one after the state Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) failed to move on the regs in 2010. LWDA sent the regs back to the board for revisions. “We are having to restart the process at this point,” board …
In a positive turn for supporters of Cal/OSH Standards Board, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration voted 5-0 on May 26 not to eliminate the board, defying Governor Jerry Brown’s May revise recommendation. With this vote the proposal now goes to a conference committee, where it must be reconciled with a Senate version. That chamber’s …
New Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Chief Ellen Widess and her top lieutenants are taking to the road to visit two of California’s hottest areas to talk about heat illness — and listen to employers, workers and community groups — before the heat season gets in full swing. The team, including Widess, …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) next week will convene what could be the last advisory committee before it decides which direction it is going on proposed protections for adult-film industry workers. The meeting is June 7 at 10 a.m. at the Caltrans Building, 100 S. Main St. in Los Angeles. DOSH has …
Cal/OSH Standards Board has given the go-ahead to Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to craft a regulation allowing third-party inspections of portable amusement rides. The board also okayed rulemaking on a petition that seeks to clarify how often portable ladders must be inspected. Both actions were taken at the board’s May 19 meeting. …
Cal/OSH Standards Board has granted a variance to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDFFP) on the use of alternative — and money-saving — respirators for responders to medical emergencies. But it denied a similar request to several fire departments and a public-private entity because they hadn’t considered the alternative requested by CDFFP. At …
It seems like a no-brainer: A safety professional petitions Cal/OSH Standards Board to add a definition of “Certified Safety Professional” to Title 8. Board staff agrees and schedules it for a public hearing. But at that hearing on May 19, some stakeholders questioned the need for the definition, which was requested by John McCullough, assistant …
An employer’s failure to train workers on the dangers of disassembling a log stacker led to an incident in which one worker was killed and another injured last September, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) alleges. As a result, DOSH cited J&B Log Stackers, of Winlock, Wash., for two serious violations, and proposed …