The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board has made modifications to a rulemaking proposal. The idea is to relieve employers from having to provide copies of the citations they have been issued when …
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 …
So far 2016 has been a quiet year for Cal/OSHA rulemaking. The Cal/OSH Standards Board has had several meetings this year with no rule adoptions and no public hearings on …
Two rulemaking changes adopted in recent months by the Cal/OSH Standards Board have been given final approval by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code …
A rulemaking effort with roots in a 2011 fatality has resulted in a formal proposal clarifying the standards for operating dual-control trash-collection trucks. The proposal is in a 45-day comment …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board is considering almost two dozen rulemaking projects for 2014, including such significant issues as night work for agricultural workers, tractor-mounted personnel units and safety for first …
40 COR 40-6851 [¶22,124R] PENALTIES – FAILURE TO REPORT SERIOUS INJURY Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8 § 342(a), Labor Code § 6409.1(b) (2012) – The Board stated that a strictly …
Cal/OSH Appeals Board has adopted a number of revisions to its rules that could alleviate stakeholder concerns on continuances, hearing times and dates, and help streamline the appeals system. But …