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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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Cshib to Hold Board of Inquiry Aug. 18 on Tosco Incident

OAKLAND — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) will convene a Board of Inquiry as part of its investigation of the deadly Tosco Avon Refinery explosion in February. The session will be held Aug. 18 at the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Building, 651 Pine St. in Martinez. … Read More »

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California Congresswoman Supports Science of Ergonomics

OAKLAND — U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and a New York congressman rallied on the side of ergonomics June 22 just before a House committee was to vote on blocking Fed-OSHA from continuing with its ergo regulation. An aide to Rep. Pelosi said it was practically a “foreordained conclusion” that the House Education Committee … Read More »

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Board Takes Comments on Protective Equipment, – Elevator Safety Device Proposals

OAKLAND — The Standards Board held a public hearing on two proposed sets of revisions to Title 8 safety orders June 18. The first set would amend Construction Safety Orders (CSO) 1515(a), 1516(d) and 1517(c): Head, Eye/Face and Food Personal Protective Equipment – Construction Industry. The amendments were undertaken by the board staff to bring … Read More »

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