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. …
Stakeholders who appear before the Cal/OSHA Standards Board or lobby state legislators usually speak on behalf of a specific industry, but exceptions exist. Attorney Rob Moutrie might represent agriculture in one meeting or restaurants in another. Or he might speak on behalf of the tech industry, manufacturing firms, or small businesses. For the past five …
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 …
Safety professionals and employer representatives continue to question the assumptions underlying Cal/OSHAâs proposed revisions to its lead standards. At the October meeting of the Standards Board, they pressed the agency to justify the dramatic revisions proposed for both the lead permissible exposure limit and action level. And they again protested what they assert was a …
A Cal/OSHA requirement on construction personnel hoists is hopelessly outdated, so says a large provider of scaffolding services and hoisting equipment. It contends the requirement is hindering its ability to serve clients. BrandSafway, based in Atlanta, Georgia, petitioned the Standards Board to revise Construction Safety Orders §1604.21 to match the latest version of the American …
The long walk toward updating Cal/OSHA regulations on so-called âwalking/working surfacesâ continues its journey on October 11th and 12th with a Standards Board advisory committee meeting in Sacramento. In regulatory shorthand, this project is known as WWS. One focus of the discussions will be proposed exceptions by employer interests to the guardrail requirements in General …
Eight California organizations are among the 100 nationwide awarded Fed-OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grants for 2023. The California grants amount to a total of $886,331, 7% of the national total of approximately $12.7 million. The grants named after the late Dr. Harwood, the former director of Fed-OSHAâs Office of Risk Assessment, who was instrumental in …
Cal/OSHA has published revisions to its controversial proposal for lead in construction and general industry, and the Standards Board is accepting comments until July 24th. But already a coalition of construction employers tells the Board that the changes donât come anywhere near addressing its ongoing concerns. Here are the proposed revisions in the 15-day notice: …