Cal/OSH Standards Board has published a 15-day notice of proposed modifications on a rulemaking package heard at the April 15 public hearing by the board. Comments on the change are due to the board by June 7. The changes to General Industry Safety Orders §4848 update a reference to NFPA 51B from the 1999 version …
SAN DIEGO — Stakeholders had a number of minor comments on a proposal to amend the Cal/OSHA pile-driving standard at a May 20 public hearing, but a Standards Board member had a major question on a multiemployer-worksite provision of the proposal. The board also took comments on a proposal to revise the rules on loading …
SAN DIEGO — Almost one-third of heavy off-road diesel equipment subject to California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations requiring particulate filters can’t be retrofitted without creating potentially dangerous blind spots for operators. That means they are exempted from CARB rules under an interim policy. But this is much better than the agency originally thought, and …
LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge agreed with Cal/OSHA that the United Farm Workers (UFW) union and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) do not have the right to seek judicial intervention over the state’s heat illness regulation. But Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon also ruled that the plaintiffs have the right to seek a writ of …
Cal/OSHA is a familiar name to California employers, but not exactly a household word to the public. That could change in the state’s hottest regions with a new Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) plan to broadcast its 2010 heat illness slogan: “Water. Rest. Shade. Without them, the work can’t get done.” The division …
The top four most-cited Cal/OSHA violations are seemingly unchanging — the twin Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) standards, heat illness prevention, and hazard communication. In fact, the top 10 most-cited standards did not change from 2008 to 2009 but merely switched places in some cases. The same was not true for the most-appealed citations, …
As we reported in COR’s May 7 edition (see here), the final 2008 tally of California workplace fatalities, 465, was 61 higher than the preliminary total the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) reported last August. DOSH now compiles the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data; formerly it was the Division of Labor Statistics …
Cal/OSHA Consultation Service has been awarded its third OSHA Consultation Achievement Recognition (OSCAR) award for a project to educate Hispanic/Latino employers and workers on reducing occupational injuries and illnesses. The Consultation Service was presented with the award during the national OSHA Consultation Conference. The outreach program focuses on field training and assistance in Spanish, Chinese, …