Among the settlements approved by the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board in February are four fatality and numerous injury incidents. Here are some of the most significant cases. JM Equipment Co.: This …
46 COR 40-8231 [¶23,001] CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS – FALL PROTECTION, PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEMS, PERSONAL FALL RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND POSITIONING DEVICES, NOT ATTACHED TO HOISTS OR GUARDRAILSCal. Code Regs, tit. …
Last year Cal-OSHA Reporter did a story about a “regulatory slowdown” at Cal/OSHA, with the fewest public hearings before the Standards Board in memory in 2018. That changed in 2019, …
46 COR 40-8189 [¶22,968] CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS – WASHING FACILITIES, FOOD HANDLING, AND TEMPORARY SLEEPING QUARTERS, WASHING FACILITIES PROVIDED IN ASSOCIATION WITH NONWATER CARRIAGE TOILET FACILITYCal. Code Regs, tit. 8, …
Representatives of the residential framing and roofing industries are pushing back against what they say are “significant errors” in the economic impact assessment concerning Cal/OSHA’s proposed six-foot fall protection trigger …
Having a fall protection program isn’t the same as having an effective one, one California company is learning. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited Nexus Energy Systems …
Fed-OSHA, Cal/OSHA and employers recently observed fall protection stand-down week throughout the country and the state. Three recent fatal falls in California demonstrate how important that message is. These incidents …