Standards Board Extends Emergency Rule on Trees and Cranes, Sans Limits

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

OAKLAND -- Heeding the sentiment of an advisory committee that had met a week previously and advice from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's (DOSH) acting chief, the Cal/OSH Standards Board re-adopted as-is an emergency regulation that allows crews removing trees to use a crane to place qualified tree workers.The unanimous vote came after the board narrowly voted down a modified version of the emergency standard that would have limited crane access to three counties under a governor'

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