From the article “Little Voltage on HVESOProposal” (Jan. 9, 2009, p. 9362 ): “The industry already is voluntarily complying with the current NFPA 70E.” [Editor’s note: HVESO stands for High Voltage Electrical Safety Orders. NFPA is National Fire Protection Association.] Riiight… The current NFPA 70E is the recently released 2009 version. The echoes are still resounding …
A proposed 74-page revision to the High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders drew little comment at a Dec. 18 public hearing before the Cal/OSH Standards Board. The proposal is based on a Fed-OSHA final rule published in February 2007. The Standards Board adopted a similar update to the Low Voltage Electrical Safety Orders in May 2008. The …
Vickie Wells, director of occupational safety and health for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, has been reappointed as a public representative to Fed-OSHA’s National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH). The committee advises the federal secretaries of labor and health and human services on occupational safety and health programs. …
GLENDALE — Fed-OSHA thinks proposed Cal/OSHA revisions on crane safety dealing with outriggers are at least as effective as its regulations, and apparently the regulated public has no problem with them either. A Nov. 20 public hearing on revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §4994 produced no comments one way or the other. The proposal …
OAKLAND – California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) wants to make its penalty system less onerous, especially for small employers, and get them to abate hazardous conditions quickly. So it is considering a new structure that, among other things, would credit 50% of a proposed penalty if the employer deals hazards it right …
Part two of an update to California’s Electrical Safety Orders is on the docket for the Cal/OSH Standards Board December public hearing in Sacramento. The 74-page proposal would revise the High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders, based on a Fed-OSHA final rule published in February 2007. The Standards Board adopted revisions to the Low Voltage Electrical Safety …
Among the almost $7 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants awarded by Fed-OSHA throughout the country were two to California organizations. The annual Harwood grants support workplace safety and health training programs that educate workers in high-hazard industries, workers with limited English proficiency, hard-to-reach employees and small businesses. Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association has …
SACRAMENTO — An emotional plea from the grieving parents of a man killed while performing volunteer work at a Central Coast mission is prompting regulatory action at Cal/OSHA. While much remains to be done before a formal regulatory action can be presented to the regulated public, a two-day advisory committee in late October clearly showed …