Standards Board to Start New Year with Three New Safety Order Proposals

The Cal/OSH Standards Board will hold a public hearing Jan. 16 in Los Angeles on three new proposed revisions to Title 8 safety orders, including follow-up rule making on structural steel erection safety standards. The two other proposed revisions involve the Elevator Safety Orders.The steel erection action follows an extensive set of new requirements that became effective in May 2002, and addresses a number of issues not included in that adoption. The new revisions affect Construction