A Cal/OSHA ad hoc advisory committee will meet Nov. 6 and 7 to consider a number of proposed amendments to Title 8 with regard to reinforcing steel, a.k.a. rebar. The meetings will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 6 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Cal/OSHA offices at 2211 Park Towne Circle, Suite …
The last thing New York City needed was another highrise disaster, but it got just that last week when the brick faade of a 20-floor building collapsed, knocking workers off a 12-story-plus scaffold. Five of them were killed and 10 injured. The incident on Park Avenue occurred Oct. 24 as the workers were engaged in …
Spurred by a series of articles in a Southern California newspaper that questioned the way the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) conducts investigations of workplace fatalities, two powerful state legislators have called for greater scrutiny of the Division. Meanwhile, DOSH has issued a detailed response to the series in which it acknowledged shortcomings …
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Safety Authority (MTA) has approved a five-year contract with DuPont Safety Resources “to help create a safer work environment” for the authority’s 10,000 employees. The move also is intended to help reduce the system’s high workers’ compensation costs. Under the terms of the contract, DuPont will be compensated only when …
The Greater San Jose Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has announced a daylong seminar Nov. 27 focusing on disaster recovery planning. The event will be held at the Ramada Inn Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale. Registration is $125 for ASSE members, $175 for non-members. Deadline to register is Nov. 20. For more …
OAKLAND – The Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted two proposed revisions to Title 8 safety orders at its Oct. 18 meeting at the state building here. The board also held a public hearing on two new proposals, took action on a petition regarding the airborne contaminants standard, granted a number of variances, and honored a former …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board granted the following variances to Title 8 safety orders at its Oct. 18 meeting: Beverly Hills Medical Plaza, Beverly Hills: Permanent variance from Elevator Safety Orders (ESO) 3013(c)(1) regarding the guarding of counterweights in a multiple-elevator hoistway. The facility in question operates two adjacent elevators that share a single hoistway. The …
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. CONFINED SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR MANHOLES, VAULTS, OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES: Revisions to Electrical Safety Orders 2943 …