By a majority vote following public hearings, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and are now in the California Code of Regulations. POWER PROCESS PRESSURE PIPING: Amendments to General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 4415, …
Death on Florida’s construction sites has led to an infusion of federal safety officers and state-sponsored services in South Florida, COR’s sister publication, Florida Workers’ Comp Advisor reports. “There [are] not many construction workers down here that understand this is the worst place in the country to work in construction because of the fatalities,” said …
Assembly Bill 1127, which would make sweeping changes to the Labor Code regarding workerplace safety violations, passed the state Assembly June 3 by a vote of 45-32 and is now under consideration by the state Senate. The bill has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Rules. Following is an update on other bills of …
The Cal/OSH Appeals Board is proposing revisions to a number of Title 8 regulations governing the board’s practices and procedures. Two public hearings have been set for later this month, in northern and southern California (see below). The changes are being proposed in the wake of a sunset review of the regulations. According to an …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) may be seeing fruit from its efforts to train compliance officers in administrative legal procedures. The effort was undertaken to improve the chances of a citation being reaffirmed if appealed by an employer. Cal/OSHA Chief John Howard has expressed concern about improving the quality of the “investigative …
Senate Bill 508, which would provide greater protection to community health-care workers, has passed the state Senate and now moves on to the state Assembly. The legislation passed the Senate 22 to 15. Another bill, Assembly Bill 184, which would allow the electronic submission of materials safety data sheets, previously passed the Assembly and is …
As a vote by the state Assembly neared on AB 1127, the omnibus worker safety reform act, the Committee on Labor and Employment offered several significant amendments aimed at making the bill more palatable to lawmakers. Opposition to the bill by the business community has been fierce. One of its representatives told COR that a …
Just a reminder that the Western Safety Congress and Expo, and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) professional development conference are upon us. The events run June 7-9 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The ASSE conference, “Safety in the New Millennium,” is June 7. For more information, contact ASSE, c/o Jerry Bach at 1-800 …