The Cal/OSH Standards Board granted one petition and two variances at its Nov. 18 meeting.The petition, brought by D.A. Swerrie, of Swerrie, Inc., seeks to reverse what he sees as an inadvertent inclusion of roped sidewalk elevators in revisions to Elevator Safety Order (ESO) 3123, which became effective in October 1998.Swerrie believes that an oversight by the advisory committee that helped craft the regulation allows the installation of roped sidewalk elevators, which were banned
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