Wave of Comments Sends Scaffold-Surfing – Issue to Advisory Committee

In the land of perpetual sunshine (first-half 2005 notwithstanding) and endless beaches, surfing was the topic of the day June during Cal/OSH Standards Board meeting in Orange County for the first time ever June 16. Scaffold surfing, that is. After hearing testimony from employers and worker representatives, the board rejected a proposed petition decision that would have continued a prohibition on the practice of shee