A labor-management group is proposing a new approach for COVID regulations in the workplace. It could supplant Cal/OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) and a proposed permanent standard, and instead, making …
There is big news regarding Cal/OSHA’s adoption of Fed-OSHA’s COVID vaccine mandate. And perhaps more importantly, a labor-management group has filed a petition with the Board that would radically change …
Two organizations that successfully petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board for quick action on construction personnel hoist (CPH) staging have come back to the board for another battle on other CPH …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board will convene an advisory committee in early October to study draft language that would recognize a warning system for deck openings on high-rise projects. It is …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board wouldn’t go as far as to declare an emergency situation requiring immediate rulemaking on the construction personnel hoist (CPH) issue. But it has agreed to a …
A Cal/OSHA advisory committee authorized by the Standards Board will consider establishing formal rules for an industry-developed warning system used to protect steel erection construction workers from falling through deck …
Organizations representing ironworkers and steel erection employers are seeking changes to Title 8 to protect employees from falls through metal decking on highrise projects. In particular, they want Cal/OSHA to …