GLENDALE — The California Industrial Hygiene Council and American Society of Safety Engineers will hold their first joint annual conference Dec. 1-3 at the Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach and Marina Hotel. The conference features three days of sessions on a wide range of topics, including: State and national legislation; American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists …
GLENDALE — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has made a nonsubstantive amendment to Construction Safety Orders 1541, clarifying that a specification of “over 6 feet” in a fall protection provision refers to the depth of the excavation. The change was effective Nov. 3, 2004.
GLENDALE — The Cal/OSH Standards Board approved a petition decision that calls for an advisory committee to study a proposal by a contractors’ association for a lower trigger height for roofing operations in new residential construction. Lowering the height from the current 20 feet to 15 feet would bring these operations in line with recently …
GLENDALE — In the only safety order adoption at its Nov. 18 meeting, the Cal/OSH Standards Board approved revisions to General Industry Safety Orders 3380(d) “to clearly indicate that the employer is responsible” for ensuring that all personal protective equipment (PPE), whether provided by the employer or owned by the employee, complies with established standards, …
GLENDALE — Fed-OSHA announces that it has embarked on a project to update agency standards that reference or are based on old national consensus standards. As its first action, OSHA proposes to revoke five references to national consensus and industry standards. The agency is seeking comments on both the project and the first proposed actions. …
GLENDALE — Adverse comments by the regulated public – and by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) – prompted the Cal/OSH Standards Board to rethink a proposal to allow workers to attach personal fall arrest (PFA) systems to guardrails in certain instances. Instead, the board staff said it will discuss the proposal at …
GLENDALE — The Cal/OSH Standards Board granted three variances at its Nov. 18 meeting, including: Los Angeles Unified School District: Permanent variance from Elevator Safety Orders (ESO) 3094.2 regarding installation of a convertible vertical platform wheelchair lift to provide access for the disabled to the stage in the auditorium at Hollywood High School. The AccesStair …
Was a construction contractor informed about a deviation in a fuel line that ran next to a water project, leading to a towering inferno last week that killed five workers and burned four others? Or did the fuel line’s owner fail to provide the contractor with crucial information? After a lengthy effort to extract charred …