The Cal/OSH Standards Board staff has released a draft regulatory proposal regarding several elements of the state’s standard for reinforcing steel (rebar). The proposal is the result of work by an advisory committee considering three petitions from the regulated public and Form 9 requests for safety order revisions by the Division of Occupational Safety and …
By a majority vote following public hearings, the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders have been adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF ACUTELY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LISTING OF SULFUR DIOXIDE: Revisions to …
Fed-OSHA has issued a final rule on recording occupational hearing loss that will require employers to record a work-related loss case when an employee’s hearing test shows a marked decrease in overall hearing. The final rule was published in the July 1, 2002, Federal Register. Fed-OSHA delayed implementing the hearing loss provisions when the recordkeeping …
The respective labor committees in the state Senate and Assembly considered bills from their counterpart chambers last week and approved them all. Here’s a roundup of the action. AB 2752: The Senate Labor and Industrial Relations (L&IR) committee passed this anti-worker-discrimination bill June 26, 5-3, following amendments by its author, Assembly Member Elaine Alquist (D-Santa …
In our June 28 Meetings page, we incorrectly listed the next meeting for the Construction Activity Permit Advisory Committee as July 2. In fact, the committee meets July 17, at the Harris State Building in Oakland, Room 1304. For more information, contact Len Welsh at 415-703-5100. Our apologies for any confusion this error may have …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted three sets of revised safety orders at its June 20 meeting in Sacramento, including revisions to the General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) intended to protect workers from mold exposures. The other revisions involve live loads in commercial buildings and training instructions for operators of oxygen or fuel-gas distribution …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has granted a Title 8 variance to IMSA Building Products of Fontana from General Industry Safety Orders 4912(c) regarding the required clearance between two cranes and the roof trusses at its manufacturing facility. The company produces corrugated metal decking sheets for multistory steel frame building construction, using overhead traveling …
SACRAMENTO — Division of Occupational Safety and Health Chief John Howard announced that the July meeting of the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee will go ahead as scheduled. The meeting had been thrown in doubt because of the state’s budget woes. The meeting will mark the last official appearance of Howard as DOSH chief and his next-to-last …