Quote of the day
“They can stand with the carpenters or fall with the Feds.”
Attorney Kevin Bland, encapsulating the California residential construction industry’s stance toward Cal/OSHA’s acceptance of Fed-OSHA’s demand that the state adopt the six-foot fall protection trigger.
Get the latest on this ongoing drama in this week’s Cal-OSHA Reporter.
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Two workers died from falls at job sites and another two died of unknown causes after collapsing on the job.