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DOSH Panel on Employer-Employee Safety Committees to Meet May 23

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has set May 23 in Oakland for the first meeting of an advisory committee to study a possible new regulation to fulfill a portion of the state Labor Code regarding employer-employee safety and health committees. Labor Code 6401.7(g) requires that DOSH adopt regulations that specify the procedures … Read More »

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New Publications, Video Available

The American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) and the Occupational Health Branch (OHB) of California’s Department of Health Services, are offering new publications and a video produced to help safety and health professionals. ASHI has released “Before Disaster Strikes,” a video and accompanying handout designed to help companies, as well as communities, prepare for the … Read More »

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Date Changed for Construction Hand-Wash Advisory Committee Meeting

OAKLAND — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has announced that an advisory committee meeting scheduled for April 10 has been changed to Friday, April 19. The committee will study proposed revisions to Construction Safety Orders 1527, which would require constructon employers to provide hand-washing facilities at job sites where toilets are required. The … Read More »

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April Hearings for Several Bills

OAKLAND — Legislative committees have set hearings on several bills of interest to the occupational safety and health community. The Assembly Committee on Insurance has set April 10 for the first hearing of AB 2752, which would provide additional protections for safety and health whistleblowers and workers filing workers’ compensation claims. The bill also has … Read More »

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Comment: An “Atrocious” Proposal

OAKLAND — Proposed revisions to General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 3241(a) intended to clarify requirements for allowable loads in buildings are anything but clear, according to a public comment at the Cal/OSH Standards Board’s March 21 public hearing in Oakland. John Bobis, Ph.D, a professional engineer with the firm Aerojet, called the proposed revisions “one … Read More »

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Board Says Variance for Use of Remote-Controlled Electric – Sewer Equipment Is Unnecessary

OAKLAND — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has denied a variance request from a maintenance firm that wanted permission to use remote-controlled electrical equipment in sewers and storm drains. The variance request from Electrical Safety Orders 2305.4, 2340.11 and 2540.3 comes on the heels of an enforcement policy issued by the Division of Occupational Safety and … Read More »

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Standards Board Adopts New Federal Steel Erection Regulations

OAKLAND — The rebuild of California’s steel erection standards – based on a federal blueprint – is mostly complete. All that’s needed is a few final connections, which could come later this year. The Cal/OSH Standards Board at its March 21 meeting adopted the bulk of Fed-OSHA’s recent revisions. In other actions, the board adopted … Read More »

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OSHA Withdraws Maritime Proposal

OAKLAND — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has withdrawn four proposed safety standards for shipyard employment, saying it intends to concentrate on “higher priority” shipyard standards. The proposed rules covering scaffolds, welding, cutting and heating, access and egress, and fall protection, were promulgated in November 1988, near the end of the Reagan administration. … Read More »

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