At its Sept. 20 meeting in Los Angeles, the Cal/OSH Standards Board granted the following variances to Title 8 safety orders: Canyon Lake Property Owners Association, Canyon Lake: Permanent variance from Electrical Safety Orders (ESO) 3121.11. The company sought the variance to allow it to install a heat detector instead of a smoke-sensing device for …
Liz Arioto, who earlier this month was sworn in as a member of the Cal/OSH Standards Board, has been invited to be part of a team that is helping advise on the recovery efforts and cleanup at New York City’s World Trade Center (WTC). Arioto, who is corporate safety director at Wentz Group, headquartered in …
In the wake of the recent events, Fed-OSHA said it would delay announcing its plan of action on ergonomics. The Feds were scheduled to make an announcement this month but will instead make it later this fall. “Staff of the Department [of Labor] and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have been heavily involved in …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted two sets of revisions to Title 8 safety orders at its Sept. 20 meeting in Los Angeles. The first set amends Construction Safety Orders 1698 to allow for the use of more modern, and safer, mixing grid guards for mortar, plaster or fireproofing. The wording in 1698(e)(1) has been changed …
Portions of our Sept. 21 story, “Public Comment Period Starts on California Version of Recordkeeping Rule” (p. 7655), may not have been as clear as we had intended. Here is a synopsis of the requirements of immediate interest to employers: Many employers are wondering what they will need to do when it comes time to …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) will take the issues of indoor mold infestations and the general sanitation safety orders to an advisory committee after the regulated public reacted skeptically to a DOSH proposal to the Cal/OSH Standards Board. The Division is hoping to convene the advisory committee in early November. Once its …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has reissued portions of the latest revisions to its proposed permanent amusement ride regulations due to an error regarding how the new changes were indicated. In addition to publishing a corrected version, DOSH is also holding open the 15-day comment period until Oct. 5. It originally was …
According to Workers’ Comp Executive, COR’s sister publication, Gov. Gray Davis is poised to veto SB 71, which would increase workers’ compensation benefits. He would also veto AB 1176, a trailer bill. “Sources say that AB 1176 was so poorly written that it’s a lawsuit waiting to happen,” according to WCE editor Nils Wright. “They …