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Final 2003 DOSH Inspection and Citation Stats

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Contractors’ Group Wants to Lower Fall Protection Height to 15 Feet for – Roofing on New Residential Construction

SACRAMENTO — Advances in fall protection systems in the home-building industry and the increasing cost of injuries call for a reduction in the trigger height for roofing operations on residential construction projects, an industry group told the Cal/OSH Standards Board July 15. The California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors (CALPASC) submitted a petition to the … Read More »

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Now in Title 8 (122)

SACRAMENTO — By a majority vote following public hearings, the following Title 8 revisions 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. HAZARD COMMUNICATION: Amendments to GISO 5194 were heard at the April 15, 2004, public … Read More »

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Divining the DARs

SACRAMENTO — Over the past 4-1/2 years, COR has been keeping track of Cal/OSH Appeals Board Decisions After Reconsideration (DARs), the “second-stage” decisions issued by the board. An informal index of DAR appeal topics we have compiled shows that machine guarding and fall protection were the two most frequent issues related to actual job hazards … Read More »

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Title 8 Reform Appears Back on Track

SACRAMENTO — The long-dormant effort to reorganize the massive Title 8 to make it easier for employers to use will likely resume in earnest soon with a proposal to create the new Agriculture Safety Orders (ASO). Hans Boersma, manager of the project and a Cal/OSH Standards Board senior safety engineer, briefed the board at its … Read More »

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Chemical Safety Board Warnings

SACRAMENTO — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is warning employers about the dangers associated with handling sodium hydrosulfide and work on piping containing flammable or chemically reactive materials. CSB recently issued two safety bulletins dealing with these hazards. Hydrogen sulfide has been associated with 45 incidents since 1971 that resulted in … Read More »

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Latest DOSH Investigations

SACRAMENTO — California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating three workplace incidents on July 15 in which workers were killed. The Division also is looking into a fatal incident July 19. At 8:35 a.m. July 15, a 55-year-old electrician was electrocuted in La Palma while attempting to wire two new machines together. … Read More »

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Training Methodology – Effectiveness Is the Test

SACRAMENTO — Given a few exceptions, OSHA does not specify the manner safety and health training is to be performed. The methodologies are left to the employer’s discretion. OSHA sometimes specifies content and content type – but at all times it demands effectiveness. The true test of a training methodology is how well the information … Read More »

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