SACRAMENTO — COR received information about the following agricultural safety meetings after publication of our Meetings page for the month of March: March 6: Woodland will be the host for the Agricultural Safety Seminar at Woodland Tractor and the Yolo County Farm Bureau. The free seminar will cover electrical/gas safety, tractors and machinery, lock out/tag …
SACRAMENTO — By a majority vote following public hearings, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and are now in the California Code of Regulations. LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SYSTEMS: Revisions to Unfired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders 471, 475, …
SACRAMENTO — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has released its rulemaking calendar for 2002, as outlined below. One proposal that is going back to the drawing board is the so-called “technical regulations” for permanent amusement rides. DOSH Special Counsel for Regulatory Development Len Welsh announced at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Cal/OSH …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board’s staff has terminated a rulemaking initiative that would have prohibited construction workers from traversing beams bolted on one end but supported on the other by cranes. The proposal was heard at the Nov. 15, 2001, Standards Board meeting and generated considerable comment from the construction industry. The proposal stemmed …
SACRAMENTO — Approximately 2,000 workers nationwide suffer eye injuries every month, according to Prevent Blindness America (PBA), a national organization devoted to eye safety and health. But 90 percent of all workplace eye injuries are preventable with the use of proper eyewear and safety measures, said PBA spokesman Daniel Garrett. The U.S. Bureau of Labor …
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 749 on Feb. 20, giving workers their first workers’ compensation benefit increase in nine years. But the employer community is wondering if the bill’s cost-savings reforms will actually end up increasing costs. Davis signed the bill at a construction site in Southern California, witnessed by labor representatives, …
SACRAMENTO — DOL Outreach to Hispanic Workers U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has announced an initiative “to ensure the safety and promote the prosperity” of the more than 14.5 million Hispanic workers in America. Noting that Hispanics comprise 11 percent of the nation’s workforce, yet experience a 14 percent fatality rate, Chao has directed …
SACRAMENTO — After a delay of close to two years, rulemaking activity is proceeding on a proposal intended to protect workers from the dangers of falling objects. Conrad Tolson, a Cal/OSH Standards Board senior engineer and chairman of an advisory committee convened to develop a proposal, has submitted language based on a consensus reached by …