Comments from the construction personnel hoist industry have convinced the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to remove a provision in a recently published rulemaking action that would have allowed vehicles in lieu of CPHs in parking garage projects. That revision, along with others, is in a 15-day notice of proposed modifications. Comments on the action are due …
Before the recent Cal/OSHA Standards Board meeting in Santa Rosa, Cal-OSHA Reporter asked a stakeholder about what could come next on the rulemaking calendar. Many projects have been delayed by recent events – postponements and pandemics. What about the Group V Elevator Safety Orders, which could dislodge the mind-numbing monthly necessity of granting variances for …
California’s Office of Administrative Law has given final approval to Cal/OSHA’s Confined Spaces in Construction revisions, which the Standards Board adopted in September. The rulemaking package takes effect on January 1st, 2026. The revisions to Construction Safety Orders §§ 1951, 1952, 1953, and General Industry Safety Orders § 5156 have a long history, dating back …
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/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Agtonomy, a South San Francisco company represented on the Cal/OSHA committee, has applied …
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. “To improve efficiency, the Standards Board will make an optional online Variance Management System (VIMS) available to …
In response to comments last summer to its proposal to establish “egregious’ and enterprise-wide violations, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has revised its draft language. The Director’s 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, …