A July 31st stakeholder meeting is scheduled to discuss its upcoming emergency standard to ban the fabrication and installation of products containing engineered stone. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is fixing to act in short order after considering stakeholder comment from the meeting. In June, the Standards Board voted to authorize an Emergency …
In response to requests from industry stakeholders, industrial hygienists, and Fed-OSHA, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board has revised the proposed permanent version of its silica reforms aimed at engineered stone shops. Comments on the 15-Day Notice of Proposed Modifications are due by late September. The revisions address concerns from the tile industry worried it could be …
Summer is officially here, and so the fire season has arrived – in force. As Cal-OSHA Reporter goes to press, Cal Fire reports more than 2,100 wildfires throughout California, burning at least 66,000 acres and damaging or destroying at least 22 structures. These totals are sure to increase. The fires are releasing plumes of smoke and …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has adopted a slightly modified version of the silica emergency temporary standard (ETS), first adopted in December 2023. The Board intends to readopt the ETS in August before voting on the permanent version, which will have its public hearing in June. The adoption is slated by the end of the year. …