Tagged in: regulations
Unprecedented Action & Removed Activists re Indoor Heat Reg
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board, despite being directed to remove the indoor heat illness prevention regulation from its scheduled vote today, in an unprecedented action, unanimously approved the standard anyway, leaving …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …