By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order have been adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. BRAKES ON HAULAGE VEHICLES – MAINTENANCE: Revisions to Mine Safety Orders …
After two postponements, an important Cal/OSHA advisory meeting on possible revisions to Title 8 penalty regulations is scheduled to meet May 6 in Oakland. The possible changes could affect the way penalties are assessed, especially those for alleged serious injury and fatality reporting violations. The previously scheduled meeting, April 11, was postponed because the Division …
A state Senate budget committee approved a new funding mechanism for the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), 2-1 on April 7. DOSH Chief Len Welsh laid out the proposed plan before the Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services. The governor’s proposed budget includes a new Occupational Safety and Health Fund to be …
Taking it upon itself to clarify an outstanding question of law on California’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard, the Cal/OSH Appeals Board holds that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) must show that “secondary” employers directed or controlled workers for primary employers before they can be cited for violations of the IIPP …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders have been approved by Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. REVISIONS TO THE ELEVATOR SAFETY ORDERS: Revisions to Elevator Safety Orders §§ 3000, …
State Compensation Insurance Fund and Cal/OSHA Consultation Service will hold two dozen seminars on heat illness prevention from April to June throughout the state, in anticipation of what could be a hot summer. The seminars will feature speakers from Consultation and State Fund’s Loss Control Department. Topics include how to prevent heat-related illness; understanding California’s …
Fresh off its 2008 seminar series, California Safety Services Group announces publication of the newest edition of its Cal/OSHA Source book. Co-authored by CSSG’s Joel Cohen and attorney Robert Peterson, Cal/OSHA Source has been updated for 2008, with an expanded description of written compliance, multiemployer and dual-employer policies, and Cal/OSHA’s new permit process. For more …
Sacramento-area high school students learn building – and safety – from the ground up in a design/build program SACRAMENTO – A faculty parking lot at Cal State-Sacramento came alive last week with hammers and saws, as 17 high schools and a community college vied to build the best shed. The 21st annual Design/Build Competition, sponsored …