LA MIRADA — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended the comment period on several elements of its tuberculosis rulemaking record for 60 days. The agency reopened the rulemaking record Jan. 24 for comments on its final risk assessment and a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), “Tuberculosis in the Workplace.” Since …
LA MIRADA — Among the legislation introduced in Sacramento in recent weeks is another attempt to revise the procedures under which members of the Cal/OSH Standards Board are appointed. Two other attempts at reforming the process have failed in recent years. State Sen. John Burton (D-San Francisco) introduced SB 1591 in late February. It would …
ANAHEIM — When the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) instituted the CSHIP program in 2000, it took aim at California’s residential construction industry. The goals of the program, formally known as the Construction Safety and Health Inspection Project, were to increase inspections in the industry and reduce fatalities and injuries. DOSH wanted to …
ANAHEIM — The Cal/OSHA Consultation Service has produced a new guide, “Respiratory Protection in the Workplace,” intended for small businesses. The free 35-page guide is divided into four sections: “Five steps to implementing a respiratory protection program”; “Facts about respirator use”; “How to assess employees’ exposure to respiratory hazards”; and “How to develop your respiratory …
ANAHEIM — A Cal/OSHA advisory committee that will study proposed revisions to Construction Safety Orders 1527 has been scheduled to meet April 10. The proposal would require that construction employers provide hand-washing facilities at job sites where toilets are required. It was written following a petition by an ironworker. The Cal/OSH Standards Board has received …
OAKLAND — An advisory committee convened to examine the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (DOSH) experience with the multiemployer worksite policy heard a request from construction industry representatives for an “affirmative defense” in the policy for so-called “controlling employers.” But Len Welsh, DOSH’s special counsel for regulatory development and chairman of the committee, said …
OAKLAND — Lay out: Subject to 7-1/2-foot trigger height. Exposure area: Performing layout on sheathing from first floor up. Relevant regulation: 1621(a). Exterior and interior wall erection: Subject to 7-1/2- foot trigger. Once wall is in place it constitutes fall protection if studs are 16 inches or less apart. Hallways need a guardrail when fall …
OAKLAND — With this issue we include two items related to our Safety Aids pages. The first is an updated table of contents. Please remove the current TOC and replace it with the new version. The other item is an updated binder-size replica of the Cal/OSHA poster. Please remove Safety Aid 60-101 and replace it …