Those hoping the Cal/OSHA Standards Board would act urgently on rulemaking to ban the fabrication and installation of engineered stone in the Golden State were poised to be disappointed by the Board’s decision on the petition, announced on May 15. It was voted on yesterday in Los Angeles. But instead of what critics described as …
The May revise, the state legislature’s response to the governor’s January state budget proposal, contains no changes to the Cal/OSHA program itself but provides additional funding for the agency’s quest to create a modern data system, both internally and for the regulated public. Where exactly that project, which was initiated in 2002, stands at this …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health revised its draft regulation on general industry workplace violence prevention. The Division is accepting comments on its latest iteration of General Industry Safety Orders §3343 until June 1st. What happens next is the question. For the time being, DOSH is enforcing workplace violence prevention requirements through the California …
A national trade organization for outdoor power equipment has petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to update its standard on power lawn mowers. The regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §3563, was first adopted in 1978 and has been amended three times, the last in 2010. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), based in Alexandria, Virginia, seeks …
Before the recent Cal/OSHA Standards Board meeting in Santa Rosa, Cal-OSHA Reporter asked a stakeholder about what could come next on the rulemaking calendar. Many projects have been delayed by recent events – postponements and pandemics. What about the Group V Elevator Safety Orders, which could dislodge the mind-numbing monthly necessity of granting variances for …
A California Senate budget subcommittee held the first hearing on a budget change request that would significantly increase the number of investigators in Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations (BOI). While the Senate subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation did not vote on the BCP, its members appear receptive to the idea. The Department …