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Despite Dosh Qualms, Board Goes Forward With Avalanche Control Reforms

It probably won’t happen in time for this winter’s ski season, but Cal/OSH Standards Board staff intends to press forward with rule changes sought by the ski industry that will recognize avalanche control practices the Division of Occupational Safety and Health considers dangerous. Even though an advisory committee could not come to consensus on several … Read More »

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First-Aid Petitions Go To Committee

California safety and health stakeholders will determine whether Cal/OSHA needs to update its regulations on first aid, after the Standards Board voted to consolidate three petitions for advisory committee consideration. The petitions asked the board to require manuals to accompany first-aid kits to serve as refresher training, ensure that employees have access to the 911 … Read More »

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New Owners, Same Safety Commitment

The only thing more difficult than earning membership in California’s prestigious Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), says Dave Bare, Cal/OSHA Consultation Service Manager, is recertifying and maintaining a top-notch safety culture while undergoing a change in management. Call it a three-for-three for Landmark Aviation, a Los Angeles firm that serves as an airport within the airport … Read More »

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Citations In Trench Collapse

California safety regulators have cited a Los Angeles construction company in the February collapse of a trench that injured a worker in Pasadena. But the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) found little or no employer fault in three other incidents in which workers were killed. DOSH cited L.A. Construction, a Pasadena company, in … Read More »

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Employee Takes Deadly Nap

A worker’s decision to take a nap in a Watsonville field turned out to be a deadly decision Aug. 19 when he was run over by a tractor. Cal/OSHA is investigating the incident. The worker was employed by Matt Lynch Farm in Watsonville. He and his coworkers were working in a broccoli field and when … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Going Too Far On Limiting Electric Line Truck Crane Operator Certification Exemptions?

COSTA MESA – It’s supposed to be a simple change to clarify what kind of “traveling workshops” used by utility companies should be exempt from a Cal/OSHA requirement that crane operators be certified. But one of California’s largest utilities says the revision instead creates more confusion, and it has a much simpler fix in mind. … Read More »

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Board Okays Hexchrome PEL

Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted California’s version of new permissible exposure limits (PELs) on hexavalent chromium Aug. 17, as well as a clarification on which equipment isn’t covered by a regulation on boom-type mobile cranes. Hexavalent chromium (hexchrome) is used in surface coating, such as industrial plating, painting, pigment application, welding and stainless-steel manufacture. Under a … Read More »

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Now In Title 8 (148)

The Cal/OSH Standards Board adoption of changes to its safety order on laboratory-type fume hood safety has become official. The state Office of Administrative Law has approved the changes to the standard and they now are in the California Code of Regulations. The revisions are to General Industry Safety Orders §5154.1 and cover ventilation requirements … Read More »

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