The Cal/OSH Standards Board granted the following variances to Title 8 safety orders at its Oct. 18 meeting:Beverly Hills Medical Plaza, Beverly Hills: Permanent variance from Elevator Safety Orders (ESO) 3013(c)(1) regarding the guarding of counterweights in a multiple-elevator hoistway.The facility in question operates two adjacent elevators that share a single hoistway. The safety order requires counterweight guards on multi-elevator hoistways, but the applicant contended that th
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