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Standards Board Revises Billboard Proposal – Comments Due June 30

Cal/OSH Standards Board staff has smoothed out some of the wrinkles in a proposal addressing fall protection on outdoor advertising structures, resulting in a 15-day notice of proposed modifications. Comments on the changes are due to the board by June 30. The rulemaking package originated with a 2001 petition and subsequent advisory committee recommendations, and … Read More »

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Federal Court Sides With ACGIH, Fed-OSHA On Threshold Limit Values

A United States District Court judge in Georgia has granted summary judgment to the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) against a coalition of trade groups and manufacturers opposed to threshold limit values on four substances. The ruling is the culmination of a four-year battle over silica, … Read More »

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DOSH Turns Up The Heat On Agricultural Operations In Sweeps

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and its parent agency, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), are in the midst of an aggressive campaign to enforce the state’s heat illness prevention standard and educate employers about their responsibilities. DOSH has conducted enforcement sweeps at dozens of agricultural operations in the past two weeks … Read More »

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New Life For AB 515

A bill that would fast-track cancer-causing chemicals for consideration and regulation by the Cal/OSH Standards Board passed the state Senate Committee on Environmental Quality by a vote of 5-2. AB 515, authored by Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View), still faces opposition from employers that say the current process used by Cal/OSHA for determining permissible exposure levels … Read More »

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White House Memo Misconstrued?

I am following up on what I believe to be erroneous statements made by both the Washington Post and the New York Times regarding the calendar for federal agency rulemaking, and repeated in your publication (News Digest, June 13). The New York Times [editorial] titled “Safety Starts at the Top,” by Susan Podziba, published June … Read More »

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“Passion And Commitment” Earn Electrical Safety Pro Agc Honors

COSTA MESA – Juanita Kirkpatrick‘s willingness to go the extra mile, even if it means climbing into a window-washing basket on the top floor of a building to make sure she understands the safety requirements, has earned her recognition as the Harry Eckstein Safety Professional of the Year by the Associated General Contractors of California. … Read More »

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Skunking Workplace Hazards

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Palmdale, more commonly known as the “Skunk Works,” has long had a reputation for developing advanced technology. What’s probably not known among casual observers is that the giant facility in the Mojave Desert also is a center of advanced safety. But Cal/OSHA knows, as evidenced by the plant’s recent recertification as … Read More »

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High-Rise Connecting Work Revision Approved By OAL – Now In Title 8

By a majority vote after a public hearing, the following revision to a Title 8 safety order has been adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board. It has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now is in the California Code of Regulations. PERMANENT FLOORING – SKELETON STEEL CONSTRUCTION IN TIERED BUILDINGS: A Revision … Read More »

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