SB 1. which would prohibit California environmental and safety standards from falling below baselines from 2016, and which would allow private citizens to enforce state standards under specific circumstances, has …
Revisions to the High Voltage Electrical Safety Orders generated no comments at a Cal/OSH Standards Board public hearing, but that doesn’t mean the changes are trivial. They literally could save …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board is poised to make a change to the venerable Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard on employee access. But it tells the president of the California …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board overruled a staff recommendation to send a petition on the use of autonomous agricultural equipment to an advisory committee. It would have studied whether a requirement …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board is moving to replace the Title 8 operator training, qualification and certification standards for cranes and derricks in construction with Fed-OSHA language. The proposal is in …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board is poised to make an affirmative move on a regulatory proposal aimed at complying with state law on single-user toilet facilities. This will put Cal/OSHA into …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board has revised its proposal on fall protection for telecommunications towers, based on stakeholder comments. Comments on the 15-day notice of proposed modifications are due by April …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board quickly authorized the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to begin emergency rulemaking on a standard to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke. It bypassed a …