SACRAMENTO — An advisory committee considering reforms in the format of Title 8 reached consensus on elements proposed by the Cal/OSH Standards Board staff. The reform concept will be submitted to the board this summer for its consideration. Committee chairman Hans Boersma said most of the reform elements were accepted as proposed. (See NEWS, May …
SACRAMENTO — SB 1886, a bill that would expand the number of conveyances under the jurisdiction of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Elevator Unit, was approved by the state Senate June 10, 22-15. It has been assigned to the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment and scheduled for a hearing on June …
Under an agreement reached June 4 between the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and California’s steel erection industry, DOSH personnel will receive extensive training on the recently revised steel erection standard. The training program was made possible by a partnership between the District Council of Iron Workers, Western Steel Council, and the newly formed …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and are now in the California Code of Regulations. DEFINITION OF TROLLEY SUSPENDED HOISTS: Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders 4885 were …
Fed-OSHA has announced that it will develop draft voluntary ergonomic guidelines for grocery stores and poultry processing plants. OSHA Administrator John Henshaw announced the move at the recent annual conference of the Americn Society of Safety Engineers in Nashville, Tenn. In April the agency said it would develop a set of guidelines for the nursing …
In a country of staggering numbers, a worker safety project that involves just three factories could be seen as a drop in the ocean. In the Pearl River Valley alone, where a two-year project to establish a strong foundation for safety and health has just been completed, there are 100,000 factories, fueling China’s burgeoning and …
Ruling on the first case before it requiring interpretation and application of California’s multiemployer work site regulation, the Cal/OSH Appeals Board said the failure of Cal/OSHA enforcement to make a pre-citation determination whether an employer has met a five-part defense does not nullify a subsequent citation. Although the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) …
Although another week is left of spring, summerlike temperatures are flaring throughout California. In addition to the threat of wildfires, hot conditions also pose danger to workers from heat illness. Employees who must work outside, such as construction and highway workers, plus workers in laundries, foundries and bakeries, must guard against a condition that could …