Standards Board Re-Adopts Emergency Needlestick Reg, – OKs Industrial Truck Standard

SAN DIEGO -- Acting to prevent a gap in coverage to health-care workers while the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) pores over the final changes to California's regulation designed to prevent needlesticks, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board re-adopted the emergency regulation put in place early this year. The board also adopted three other revisions to safety orders, including the powered industrial truck operator tra