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Safety Engineers, Industrial Hygienists Team Up to Sponsor Research Grant

The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation (ASSEF) and the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) have announced a $12,000 research grant partnership. Both foundations are accepting grant applications from safety and health researchers on the issue of “Developing Future Safety Cultures in Industry,” aimed at enhancing the occupational safety and health performance of managers, supervisors … Read More »

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Standards Board’s Millennial Agenda

The Cal/OSH Standards Board will meet for the first time in the new millennium Jan. 18 in Los Angeles. The board will conduct a public hearing on two proposed amendments to Title 8 safety orders. The first proposal would revise Construction Safety Orders (CSO) 1504 and General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 3622 with regard to … Read More »

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DOSH’s Junior Inspectors – First Class

In a week, it will be graduation day at the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). That’s when the cream of a large crop of budding safety and health inspectors becomes the first class to complete a unique training program that promises to help DOSH find new personnel. The 12 “junior” industrial hygienists and … Read More »

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Electrician’s Union Urges Governor to Fill Empty Seats on Standards Board

The business manager of an important Northern California union local has written to Gov. Gray Davis, asking for “prompt attention” to the vacancies on the Cal/OSH Standards Board. Jack McNally, of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245, said the recently created vacancy in the public seat on the board, as well as the … Read More »

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Now in Title 8 (62)

By a majority vote following public hearings, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revision to a Title 8 safety order. It has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and is now in the California Code of Regulations. FALL PROTECTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders 1670 and 1671.2 … Read More »

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Employers Hoping for AB 435 Fix

It’s been almost a year since Assembly Bill 435 took the employer community by surprise. The bill, authored by Assemblywoman Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro), was aimed at preventing employers from getting such sensitive medical information about workers as their HIV status. But the bill went too far, according to employer advocates. Instead of just protecting … Read More »

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Sanitation Reps Say Confined Space Revisions Don’t Go Far Enough

In a recent letter to the Cal/OSH Standards Board, three members of the regulated public said proposed revisions to the General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) regarding confined spaces fail to correct the “ambiguities and confusion” between two sections. Elayne Haller, director of safety and training for the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District of Marin County, … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA Teams Up With Ford, UAW

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers Union have embarked on a “landmark partnership” to improve safety and health at Ford’s 25 assembly plants in the United States. The partnership will address hazards specific to the auto industry “and establishes guidelines that will streamline the inspection … Read More »

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