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Cal/OSHA Publishes Permanent Heat Illness Proposal; Hearing In April

As California marches toward its hot season, Cal/OSHA is nearing completion of a permanent version of its landmark heat illness prevention standard. Cal/OSH Standards Board has published the proposal, starting a 45-day comment period that will end with a public hearing April 20 in Sacramento. The public hearing also will include a proposal to update … Read More »

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Latest Golden Gate Greats

Cal/OSHA Consultation Service announces the latest recipients of Golden Gate program recognition letters, which are sent to high-hazard employers who request Consultation services and subsequently are found to have effective injury and illness prevention programs.

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Multiemployer Madness

by Eugene McMenamin General contractors do not normally dictate subcontractor means and methods, nor do they enmesh themselves in subcontractor employee discipline. A GC inserting itself too closely in the affairs of subcontractors risks being tagged as a “single employer” with its subcontractors by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) and possibly a “dual employer” … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA to Air Out Log 300 Issue at Special April Meeting in Sacramento

OAKLAND – Is Cal/OSHA missing the big picture on California occupational safety and health by concentrating on hazardous projects and industries and not paying more attention to employers’ injury and illness logs, as suggested by a recent Bureau of State Audits (BSA) report on the Bay Bridge project? Or would Division of Occupational Safety and … Read More »

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Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed our new tagline—credible authoritative and trustworthy. We have made this change to reflect our values, our commitment to honest reporting, interesting commentary and the internet.

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Now in Title 8 (143)

By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders 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. SHIPYARD STANDARDS II: Revisions to Ship Building, Ship Repairing and Ship Breaking … Read More »

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Torlakson Offers His Version of Pipeline Safety Reform; Cal/OSHA Regulatory Version Due in Summer

State Sen. Tom Torlakson, the Antioch Democrat whose district was the scene of the horrific November 2004 explosion and fire in Walnut Creek that took the lives of five workers, has introduced legislation to make excavation projects safer. The bill follows Cal/OSHA work on a regulatory proposal expected to be set for public hearing in … Read More »

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DOSH Has a PEL Plan

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) proposes a detailed procedure for setting permissible exposure levels (PEL) in the Golden State under a document released Feb. 28. The Division’s five-page document sets clear guidelines for the periodic review process that sets new PELs for chemicals in Title 8’s airborne contaminant substances standard. DOSH is … Read More »

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