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 don’t come anywhere near addressing its ongoing concerns. Here are the proposed revisions in the 15-day notice: …
State Compensation Insurance Fund has named Kate Craft as senior vice president of safety and health. Craft oversees the workers’ comp insurer’s Loss Prevention team, providing safety services to policyholders. She has been with State Fund since 2018, when she was named regional vice president for its southern region. Craft has more than 20 years …
This week the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held a public hearing on the long-anticipated, long controversial proposal to revise the Title 8 standards concerning lead. In comments submitted to the board ahead of the meeting, stakeholders have shown both support and opposition, and are pleading for more time to digest the extensive changes. For instance, a …
The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a $4.5 million fine against utility Southern California Edison (SCE) for what it says were safety lapses in its contractor management program following the 2018 death of a subcontractor employee by electrocution. An employee of a sub-contractor, Herman Weissker, Inc., attempted to transfer a deenergized 115-kilovolt overhead conductor …
Many critical regulatory projects have languished for years, and Cal/OSHA’s single-minded focus on regulating COVID has pushed them further onto the back burner. Now that covid is becoming endemic, stakeholders tell the agency that it should put real issues back on the front burner and heat them up. “We understand the importance of addressing protections …