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DOSH Unveils Performance-Oriented Heat Illness Proposal

A year or so after it first unveiled a draft proposal designed to help prevent heat illness among California’s workers, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has published a revised draft designed to address employer concerns. The new proposal is decidedly more “performance oriented” than the previous version, meaning it establishes general requirements … Read More »

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1 Return on investment for Improving Workplace Safety

A survey of business executives by Liberty Mutual Insurance revealed that a solid majority believe their companies receive a return on investment of $3 or more for each $1 they invest in improving safety. The survey reported that 70 percent of respondents believe the benefits of workplace safety go beyond improving their bottom lines – … Read More »

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Standards Board Bill Resurfaces

Legislation that would govern how members of the Cal/OSH Standards Board are appointed has resurfaced and is on the governor’s desk. SB 1215, authored by state Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Montebello), is the successor bill to SB 123, which was vetoed in August. In that action, Gov. Gray Davis stated that he was opposed to provisions … Read More »

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An Encouraging Sign

Members of the Public Agency Safety Managers Association (PASMA), in San Diego for their annual conference, paused during a behind-the-scenes tour of Sea World for a photo underneath an appropriate sign. COR will have a report on the PASMA conference, along with the Oct. 17-19 conference of the County Safety Officers of California, in an … Read More »

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Harwood Grants to support Youth Safety Network, Train-the-Trainer Programs

Fed-OSHA has announced that two California entities are among the recipients of Susan Harwood Training Grants for the coming year. The University of California will receive $206,250 to continue its Young Worker Safety Resource Center as a national center for educational materials and information. The funding is intended to focus on developing more comprehensive Internet-based … Read More »

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Standards Board’s November Agenda (2)

The Cal/OSH Standards Board will hold a public hearing on two proposals designed to clear up ambiguities in Title 8 safety orders regarding cranes and provide an exception to help protect correctional officers. The board will meet Nov. 15 in San Diego. The first proposal would amend Construction Safety Orders (CSO) 1718 and General Industry … Read More »

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Clock Ticking on SBs 71, 986 –

Gov. Gray Davis has less than a week to decide the fate of two bills of interest to the occupational safety and health community – SB 71, the workers’ compensation benefits bill, and SB 986, which would make significant changes regarding the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s Elevator Unit. Davis recently signed a bill … Read More »

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Title 8 Committee Members Get Their Turn to Voice Reform Views

OAKLAND – In what Standards Board Senior Engineer Hans Boersma called a “critical point” in the fledgling effort to reform Title 8, members of a committee assembled Sept. 26 to assist the board gave their views in a constructive beginning to a long process. Among the suggestions: Make clear at the beginning of Title 8 … Read More »

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