Cal/OSH Standards Board has posted its long-awaited Title 8 index and is inviting the regulated public to test it and submit comments. The index allows users to search for regulations by keyword or using an alphabetical index. For instance, typing “forklifts” displays 172 safety orders that refer to the industrial devices. Users can download the …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order have been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. LOADING OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS: Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §5278 were …
Incorporating national consensus standards by reference into Cal/OSHA regulations is the best alternative to bloating Title 8 beyond belief and wasting Standards Board resources. But the practice also can cause employers frustration and be an expensive proposition. In a report released at the July 15 board meeting, Executive Officer Marley Hart said incorporating by reference, …
The need to mitigate a rattlesnake hazards trumps the Cal/OSHA requirement for uniform tread width on a much-needed new stairway on the face of Los Vaqueros Dam in eastern Contra Costa County, Cal/OSH Standards Board has concluded in granting a variance to Contra Costa Water District (CCWD). The water district needs to replace the existing …
SACRAMENTO — Increasingly frustrated at the slow rulemaking pace of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) regarding its proposed revisions to the state heat illness prevention standard, the Legislature is tackling the issue on its own, but not before making an example of DOSH chief Len Welsh. In a heated exchange between Welsh …
California’s heat season is in full swing and so is the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), as it investigates five fatal incidents possibly related to heat illness. The division also issued Orders Prohibiting Use (OPU) against two farm labor contractors on July 14 for allowing workers to toil in 90°F-plus temperatures with no …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders have been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. ACETYLENE (HORCHER): Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §§ 4650, 4797 and 4823 …
Cal/OSH Standards Board welcomed its two newest members at its July 15 meeting. They immediately went to work, taking part in their first board vote, approving two new safety order revisions. Henry “Hank” McDermott, 66, is the new occupational health representative, replacing Dr. Jonathan Frisch, whose term expired. McDermott is a consultant and president of …