Abandoning for the moment a proposed legislative solution to a long-standing problem for agricultural workers, a group of labor organizations has petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board to prohibit hand weeding, which they say is just as bad as – and possibly worse than – the outlawed short-handled hoe. The petition, filed July 1 by the …
New procedures governing requests for variances to Title 8 that were adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board in May have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and are now in the California Code of Regulations. The revisions become effective July 31, 2002. The changes affect Administrative Regulations 406, 411.1-4, 415, 417.3 and 417.5. …
Based on information on the Cal/OSHA web site, we recently reported that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health will hold a meeting of the Construction Activity Permit Advisory Committee July 17 in Oakland. No such meeting is scheduled, COR has since learned. MEETINGS CHANGES: Since publication of our June 28 Meetings page, we’ve received …
In a case dating back to 1995, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in a tentative ruling has upheld the Cal/OSH Appeals Board in Brutoco Engineering and Construction, Inc. Brutoco was cited for three alleged serious and willful violations in the death of worker Pedro Lopez in an Irvine trench collapse in November 1995, with …
Following is the language that the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO and the California Labor Federation want to see placed in General Industry Safety Orders 3456 with regard to hand weeding: “(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), employers shall furnish to, and require every person employed in …
In a settlement recently approved by the Cal/OSH Appeals Board, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has amended two citations it issued to High Desert State Prison in Susanville, dropping allegations of ergonomics violations from serious to general, and dramatically reducing the proposed penalties. DOSH cited the facility in 2000 for two alleged …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) will be run by two of its current managers and its overseer from the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) until a replacement is found for departing Chief John Howard. DIR made the announcement during its 75th anniversary celebration June 27. The department reportedly has no plans to …
An Aug. 15 public hearing before the Cal/OSH Standards Board will deal with a single proposal – the consolidation of all regulations regarding explosives into the General Industry Safety Orders. It marks the culmination of process that began in the mid-1980s. The proposed action would transfer regulations from Construction Safety Orders Articles 2 and 8 …