LOS ANGELES — At a policy forum last week that was part of the 25th anniversary celebration of UCLA’s Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH), Len Welsh, acting chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), told a labor-oriented crowd that the incoming Schwarzenegger administration doesn’t necessarily spell doom and gloom for …
SACRAMENTO — Did the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) overstep its authority with its emergency regulation adopting Labor Code language into Title 8 regarding the state’s smoking ban? It may have, according to the California Chamber of Commerce’s representative on Cal/OSHA matters. In a recent conversation with Cal-OSHA Reporter, Julianne Broyles, director of …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board will have a set roster for six of its seats until at least 2006, after Gov. Gray Davis reappointed three members whose terms had expired earlier this year. Chairman Steve Rank, one of two labor members, Liz Arioto, a management representative and Art Murray, the occupational safety representative, each …
SACRAMENTO — * Jose Moreno, Labor Representative. Appointed: Aug. 3, 2003. Term Expires: June 1, 2006 * Larry Gotlieb, Management Representative. Appointed: Aug. 5, 2003. Term Expires: June 6, 2006 * Robert Harrison, M.D., Occupational Health Representative. Appointed: Aug. 5, 2003. Term Expires: June 6, 2006 * Jesse Navarro, Public Member. Appointed: Aug. 13, 2003. …
SACRAMENTO — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a fire and explosion planning matrix to assist employers in reducing their vulnerability to and increasing their ability to respond to a terrorist act. “A terrorist’s explosive device or act of arson are not workplace fire hazard or ignition sources that OSHA expects an …
SACRAMENTO — A reader, responding to COR’s Oct. 10 article about Cal/OSHA’s proposed fall protection standard for residential construction (p. 8078), forwarded the following list of trigger heights above which fall protection is required. When it comes to fall protection requirements in California, it “depends on what you’re doing,” he said. Fall Protection Heights above …
SACRAMENTO — There were no comments at a public hearing before the Cal/OSH Standards Board on two new proposed safety order revisions. The first proposal would revise General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 3301(e) and (f) and was initiated by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) by a memorandum. The safety order requires specific …
SACRAMENTO — Politicians looking to score points with voters like to claim that California is “over-regulated.” Whether that’s true or not, the state’s rule-making process is designed to give the regulated public ample opportunity to comment on proposed actions by state agencies. And the rules themselves must pass a six-part test administered by the Office …