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Standards Board Now at Full Strength with New Appointments

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will again have its full complement of seven members.  The Governor announced the appointment of Cassie Hilaski as a management representative and Joshua Lepper as a labor member. They replaced Kathleen Crawford and Dave Thomas, respectively, who announced their retirement from the Board several months ago. Reappointed were Chair Joseph Alioto, … Read More »

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Engineered Stone ETS Meeting

A July 31st stakeholder meeting is scheduled to discuss its upcoming emergency standard to ban the fabrication and installation of products containing engineered stone. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is fixing to act in short order after considering stakeholder comment from the meeting. In June, the Standards Board voted to authorize an Emergency … Read More »

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Elevator Reforms Get a Lift

A decade-plus effort to update the Elevator Safety Orders, both to reduce the monthly trove of variance requests and to ensure safety for mechanics, inspectors, and other workers on new-age conveyances, is a huge step closer to adoption. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board’s public hearing on the proposal revealed no obstacles, and adoption could very likely … Read More »

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Revisions to CPH Proposal

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 … Read More »

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Pill-Crushing Debate to Committee

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has authorized an advisory committee to determine whether healthcare workers who split or crush medications need better protections – and, if so, what kind. That is in response to a petition from Barbara Sattler, a veteran nurse and a professor emeritus from the University of San Francisco. She represents California Nurses … Read More »

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Back to School for Petitioner

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board didn’t give a passing grade to a biochemistry student who petitioned for respiratory protection signage at construction sites, but it did invite him to narrow down his thesis and resubmit. Shourish Mukherjee, a third-year biochemistry major at the University of California, Riverside, petitioned the Board to revise Title 8, General Industry … Read More »

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