A Law for Heat Illness Training?

As the Cal/OSHA Standards Board prepares to finalize regulations to protect indoor workers from heat illness, a state legislator is focusing on requiring outdoor workers to be trained on the  existing outdoor regulations. It is becoming more common for the legislature to impose itself on what has appropriately been the purview of the Cal/OSHA Standards … Read More »

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New Bill Adds Silica Requirements

As Cal/OSHA works to address a growing number of workplace silicosis cases, a newly proposed California Assembly bill aims to up the ante for engineered stone fabricators. AB 3043 by Assemblyman Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley) would establish a statewide licensing program for fabrication shops, require workers to undergo training, prohibit the dry-cutting of engineered … Read More »

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Hoist Petition Decision

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has denied a petition by a safety equipment company to allow the use of load detection devices on construction personnel hoists instead of the currently mandated calculations for load capacity versus net platform area. The petitioner is a company that provides CPHs, scaffolding, and other equipment at construction sites. It says … Read More »

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Historic Decision about Lead

After more than two hours of testimony by stakeholders and a more-than 13-year rulemaking effort, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved highly controversial revisions to the Title 8 lead standards. It … Read More »

Is Narcan Coming to First-Aid Kits?

Regulatory and legislative efforts involving Cal/OSHA may lead to an overdose prevention tool becoming a required item in employers’ first-aid kits. The National Safety Council has petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board, asking for it to require construction sites and other workplaces to stock medication that reverses the effects of a drug overdose. And a new … Read More »

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Controversy as Lead Vote Looms

In less than a week, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board is set to vote on the long-delayed and highly controversial revisions to the lead standards in Title 8. The February 15th meeting is sure to be long and contentious, with stakeholders making their final case to the Board about why the proposal is irretrievably flawed and … Read More »

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Tragic Incident Spurs Emergency Petition

Warning of a catastrophe waiting to happen, the union representing refinery workers in the Bay Area has petitioned Cal/OSHA to specifically include renewable fuels plants in the updated version of the process safety management standard. The current PSM revisions were adopted after the massive 2012 fire at the Chevron Richmond Refinery; the changes became effective … Read More »

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