Avalanche Reforms Edging Closer?
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Real-World Data from Experimental Variance?
An advisory committee that is calling for more data so that it can decide how best to regulate autonomous vehicles in California agriculture could get valuable information from an experimental variance now under consideration by Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Agtonomy, a South San Francisco company represented on the Cal/OSHA committee, has applied …
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Revising Variance Rules
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is updating its rules governing variance requests and hearings, including the introduction of an online portal to submit variance requests. The Board processes hundreds of variances every year, the overwhelming number related to elevators. âTo improve efficiency, the Standards Board will make an optional online Variance Management System (VIMS) available to …
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Revisions to âEgregious,â Enterprise Violations and Penalties Proposal
In response to comments last summer to its proposal to establish âegregiousâ and enterprise-wide violations, Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health has revised its draft language. The Directorâs Regulation is not yet in formal rulemaking. DOSH will hold a virtual advisory meeting on March 25th to discuss the changes. The revisions to §§ 332.4, …
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New Deadline on Silica Comments
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has extended the deadline for receiving comments on its second 15-day notice of proposed modifications to the silica proposal. The new deadline is November 13th. The proposal makes permanent revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §5204 to address silica exposures in the engineered stone industry that have killed dozens of California …
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More Changes to Silica Proposal
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has issued a second 15-day Notice of Proposed Modifications to its permanent proposal for protections from silica in the engineered stone industry. The new notice is based on comments the Board received after initial changes in September. They include revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §5204 as follows: (a)(3) Moved and …
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âExpeditedâ Rulemaking on PSM
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has approved âexpeditedâ rulemaking to address what petitioners call a loophole in Title 8 regulations. Petitioners say it has led to one horrific incident and could lead to a disaster. But there is still controversy about the issues. If adopted, the new rules will affect only Californiaâs five renewable fuel facilities. …
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Petition Seeks Greater Gate Safety
The death of a seven-year-old Marin County boy and a spate of workplace fatalities throughout California from gate accidents have converged to reform gate safety. Both a petition to amend Cal/OSHAâs rules and a legislative effort are underway. The Cal/OSHA petition was submitted by Standards Board public member Joseph Alioto, Jr. He seeks to revise …
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