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Fed-OSHA Rule Would Require Posting of Serious Hazards Found in Consultation

WEST COVINA — Employers would be required to post a list of the serious hazards found during consultation visits under a proposed regulation just published by Fed-OSHA. The rule was crafted to spur greater employee involvement in the consultation process. The federal agency is seeking comment on the proposal on or before Sept. 29. State-plan … Read More »

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Crane Operator Certification Action a Dead Issue for Now – Industry Fuming

Just about every day in California, an accident occurs involving some type of crane, according to people intimately involved with these huge devices. Perhaps twice a week, such an accident causes a serious injury. Modern-day cranes are bigger – and lighter – than ever. They come in a wide variety, as many as 15,000 types … Read More »

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Appeals Board Holds Rare Hearing on Safety Citations

WEST COVINA — The Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board heard arguments June 28 on a set of citations in which no workers were injured and the issues are as hazy as the skies over this city by the San Gabriel Mountains. “Entertaining oral arguments is a rare event” by the Appeals Board, chairman James … Read More »

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Balers, Parapets, Elevator Runbys and Nuke-Plant Slopes

WEST COVINA — The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board granted the following four variances to Title 8 safety regulations at its June 17 meeting in Oakland: Sav-On Drugs/Lucky Stores, Salt Lake City, Utah: Permanent variance from General Industry Safety Order 4353(h), regarding the need for automatic interlocks on balers used at various locations in … Read More »

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“Employer Guilty” and Other Provisions Deleted From 1127

WEST COVINA — A controversial provision of Assembly Bill 1127 that caused business to dub the legislation the “Employer Guilty Until Proven Innocent Act” has been deleted from the bill by the Senate Industrial Relations Committee. Other amendments include the scrubbing of an equally controversial provision that safety managers feared would hold them personally responsible … Read More »

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Standards Board Delays Vote on Bar Owners’ Smoking Petition

WEST COVINA — The Standards Board delayed voting on a petition by bar owners that would allow smoking again in their businesses, at its June 17 meeting in Oakland. Nonetheless, the petition appears to have little chance of gaining approval. Tavern Owners United for Fairness (TOUF) had petitioned the board to adopt a new air … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA Wants Comments on Tuberculosis Studies

OAKLAND — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reopened the rulemaking record on its proposed standard to regulating occupational exposure to tuberculosis (TB). Fed-OSHA will keep the record open until Aug. 2. In particular, it is looking for comments on a recent report it issued on TB control practices in homeless shelters, and … Read More »

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Standards Board Adopts Needlestick Reg, With Protest

OAKLAND — The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted landmark amendments June 18 to California’s regulations protecting health-care workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens. But it was clear from the tenor of the board’s comments during its meeting at the State Building here that the standard, which revises General Industry Safety Order 5193, is … Read More »

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