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2001 Cal/OSHA Update Seminar Series Set for Feb. 13 Through March 2

California Safety Services Group (CSSG) announces that its 13th annual Cal/OSHA Update Seminar Series will run from Feb. 13 through March 2, 2001. The series, hosted by Robert Peterson and Joel Cohen, will be held in Rohnert Park, Burbank, Ontario, Anaheim, Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. The 2001 series will focus on the “broad-reaching impact” … Read More »

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AB 850’s Author, Consumer Advocates Urge DOSH to Expand Amusement – Ride Accident Reporting Requirements

OAKLAND — State Senator-Elect Tom Torlakson and several amusement-ride consumer advocates urged the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to rewrite a key portion of its proposed regulations covering theme parks to match the “intent” of the enabling legislation, Assembly Bill 850. The comments came at a Nov. 20 public hearing on the proposal. … Read More »

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Citzen Petitions Standards Board on Flourescent Light, Video Danger

OAKLAND — An Orange County Woman has petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board to investigate whether fluorescent lights, video games and doubleclick ads on computers can cause migraine headaches and photosensitive cluster seizures and should be regulated. Joan Krinsky, of Irvine, wrote to the board, “many people suffer from the headaches without realization of what causes … Read More »

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Board Delays Scaffolding Proposal While Staff Reworks Language

SAN DIEGO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board delayed action on a proposal regarding scaffold safety at its Nov. 16 meeting here while its staff fine-tunes the standard’s new language. In other action, the board adopted amend-ments to General Industry Safety Order 5155 updating its airborne contaminants table. It also held a public hearing on two … Read More »

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Now in Title 8 (61)

SAN DIEGO — The following revision to Title 8 has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law: NONSUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT OF IMPALEMENT PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS: The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has made a nonsubstantive amendment correcting a typographical error in 344.90, which sets forth testing criteria for impalement protection. The correction was effective … Read More »

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Asbestos Ruling in Decisions

SAN DIEGO — This week’s Decisions section contains the Cal/OSH Appeals Board administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision in DPR Construction, Inc., a case revolving around the level of asbestos concentrations at which prescribed work practices and/or registration and reporting are required for construction contractors. We covered this important ruling in a recent issue (See NEWS, … Read More »

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Correction (5)

SAN DIEGO — In our Nov. 3 story about the citations issued to Chiron Corp. in a lockout/tagout case, we incorrectly stated that the firm was issued eight citations. In fact, Chiron was issued 22 citations, including two willful, five serious, 13 general, one regulatory and one Notice in Lieu of Citation. The citation documents … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA Publishes Final Ergo Rule – To Be Implemented Before Inaugural

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration published Nov. 13 what it proposes to be its final ergonomics standard. The regulation is scheduled to take effect Jan. 16, just days before the new president takes office. Employers would have until the end of October to start complying with the regulations. Employer groups are challenging the … Read More »

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