By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revision to a Title 8 safety order has been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. It has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now is in the California Code of Regulations. STORAGE OF OXYGEN CYLINDERS: Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §4650 were …
California’s safety conference and seminar season officially gets started later this month when The Safety Center hosts its 11th Annual Occupational & Regulatory Symposium, Jan. 25 at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento. The daylong symposium features 12 sessions on topics ranging from safety leadership to accident investigation. Keynote speaker for the symposium is Vicky …
The only comments on a Cal/OSHA proposal to exempt certain structural steel systems from anchor bolt requirements were positive. Cal/OSH Standards Board held a public hearing on the proposal Dec. 15, ending a 45-day comment period. There were no oral comments at the hearing. Division of Occupational Safety and Health initiated the rulemaking action last …
Cal/OSH Standards Board has published a new regulatory proposal that would remove potentially toxic sanitation methods for cleaning personal safety devices in the Construction Safety Orders (CSO). A 45-day comment period on the proposal to revise CSO Appendix B, Plate B-1, Sanitation of Personal Safety Devices, began in late December. The period will end Feb. …
SACRAMENTO—With fog and cold enveloping the capital city, Cal/OSH Standards Board readopted an emergency regulation requiring employers with outdoor workers to take steps to protect them from heat illness. While the threat of heat illness during late fall and winter in California seems remote, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Acting Chief Len Welsh …
Fed-OSHA is seeking public comments on a direct final rule to reinstate its original roll-over protective structures standards for the construction and agriculture industries, as a result of the agency’s identification of substantive differences between the national consensus standards and the original standards. According to the federal safety agency, the direct final rule restores impact …
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao releases a statement concerning the loss of 12 miners in a coal mine explosion in West Virginia, and says the Mine Safety and Health Administration will investigate the incident fully: “Our hearts and prayers are with the families, friends and loved ones of the 12 miners who perished …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has announced that former executive officer John MacLeod will serve as chairman of the board for a four-year term that runs through June 1, 2009. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed MacLeod in December to replace Jesse Navarro as the public member. The board says that its former chairman, Steve Rank, whose term …