The Cal/OSH Standards Board approved the following variance decisions at its Feb. 22 meeting in Oakland:Baldwin Contracting Co., Chico: Permanent variance from Construction Safety Orders 1592(a) regarding the use of back-up alarms on mobile equipment at aggregate facilities in Marysville, Orland and Lincoln.Because the facilities are near residential areas and the required back-up alarms are "particularly loud," disturbing neighbors during early morning and nighttime hours, Bald
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