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Crane Committee Has Consensus on Operator Qualifications – Still Talking – About the Certification Issue

SACRAMENTO — Revisions to General Industry Safety Order 5006 regarding crane operator qualifications are basically complete. But an advisory subcommittee that has been studying the issue for the past several months will continue deliberations on issues surrounding the certification of operators into December. Committee Chairman Michael Manieri said he has formed a working group of … Read More »

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Farm Worker Killed In Harvester

SACRAMENTO — An employee of a Woodland farm was killed Nov. 7 after he got caught in a grain harvester. The dead worker was tentatively identified as Emilio Palomares, age unknown. He was apparently attempting to clear a clog in a wheat harvester while the machine was operating at the Don Beeman farm, according to … Read More »

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Now in Title 8 (60)

SACRAMENTO — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has formally adopted increases to fees for field inspections of boilers, tanks and other facilities. The fee for inspections of the design and construction of boilers or pressure vessels, or for the evaluation of the plant facilities of a fabricator of boilers or pressure vessels, … Read More »

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Howard Says New Post is Designed to Improve DOSH’s Regulatory Product

SACRAMENTO — The recent appointment of Len Welsh as Special Counsel for Regulatory Development at the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) serves two purposes, according to Cal/OSHA Chief John Howard. It will allow a single person within the Division to oversee the crafting of standards, and it will preserve a precious high-level civil … Read More »

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Public Hearing on Trenching, Power Press Proposals in San Diego

SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board will conduct a public hearing on proposals to amend trenching and shoring and power press safety orders. The board will meet Dec. 14 at the California State Building in San Diego. The first proposal would amend Construction Safety Orders 1541.1, Requirements for Protective Systems, which addresses trenching and shoring … Read More »

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New Jersey May Get State Plan – Would Cover Public Employees Only

SACRAMENTO — Fed-OSHA is seeking comments on a proposal for a state safety and health program for New Jersey’s 470,000 public employees. Private-sector employees would remain under the Feds’ jurisdiction. If the plan is approved, New Jersey will join Connecticut and New York as states with public employee programs. It would also be the first … Read More »

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Korean Plant Named “World’s Safest”

SACRAMENTO — The National Safety Council (NSC) has recognized Samsung Electronics’ Kiheung, Korea, semiconductor complex as the “safest workplace in the world.” The plant has gone more than 250 million worker-hours (119 months) without a lost-time injury. Its last lost-time injury was in November 1991. The complex employs 10,000 people. In September 1999 the plant … Read More »

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Too Much Focus on OAL Angle?

SACRAMENTO — I am writing in response to the article published in the Oct. 27, 2000, edition of the Cal-OSHA Reporter regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s Oct. 19 meeting (“Standards Board Rescinds Some Fall-Protection Changes on OAL Concerns,” p. 7475). Given the number of significant matters addressed by the Board at the … Read More »

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