Widow’s Plea Lights Fire in Cal/OSHA – “Backfiring” Committee Okayed

SACRAMENTO -- Cal/OSH Standards Board turned back a recommendation by its staff to deny a petition by the widow of a Novato firefighter who died in a 2003 wildland fire, and authorized an advisory committee to study possible additions to California's safety and health regulations for lighting "backfires." In other action at the Oct. 20 meeting, the board approved another petition, denied a third and held a public hearing on two n