OAKLAND — The Cal/OSH Standards Board and Division of Occupational Safety and Health have announced that the first meeting of an advisory committee to study proposed revisions to the state ergonomics standard will take place April 28 in Sacramento. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Caltrans Building, 1727 30th St., Conference …
OAKLAND — A number of bills have surfaced in recent weeks in the state Legislature related to occupational safety and health. Following is a synopsis of the legislation: AB 643, introduced by Assemblyman Gene Mullin (D-San Mateo) is another attempt to reform the way appointments are made to the Cal/OSH Standards Board. It would permit …
Marcy V. Saunders has been reappointed to California’s Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board as its labor member. She was appointed to the board in March 2000, after spending about a year as state Labor Commissioner. Saunders was the first – and only – woman to be elected a business manager of the Building Trades …
Making good on its pledge to issue self-help tools to critical industries after the demise of the national ergonomics regulation, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the first set of promised guidelines, directed at the nursing home industry. The guidelines provide recommendations in five areas: creating a process for protecting workers; identifying …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board was scheduled to vote this week on a petition to repeal a section of the General Industry Safety Orders regarding grain-handling facilities, and adopt federal requirements verbatim. The Standards Board staff has submitted a proposed petition decision that would authorize an advisory committee to study the petition and surrounding issues. The …
COR received the following information after the publication of its March MEETINGS page: Los Angeles Safety Council Training Institute courses: March 25: Advanced Industrial Safety. March 26: Workplace Safety I. March 27: Preventing Violence in the Workplace; Security and Safety in the Workplace. The Training Institute is at 3450 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, in Los …
Nine-year-old Noah Baggett of Corona has a message for California workplaces: “Got safety?” Baggett’s imaginative poster, which depicts a worker, complete with safety gear, putting the finishing touches on this message, was an entry in the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) competition commemorating North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) week, May 4-10. This …
By the time this issue of Cal-OSHA Reporter is published, the United States likely will be at war to oust Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. In fact, if the most optimistic predictions come true, the war virtually could be over by the time you read this. But the controversial decision to invade Iraq may trigger a wave …