Tagged in: Standards Board

California Divers Applaud Coming Title 8 Changes

Under a proposal by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board, the term “technical diving” will be eliminated, but procedures under that concept, which divers in California say are crucial to safety, will be preserved. Fed-OSHA has approved the changes. Thus ends a regulatory saga that began more than 10 years ago when the Board moved to adopt … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA’s PPE ‘Horcher’

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has moved quickly to adopt a Fed-OSHA final rule created during the last days of the previous administration. The rule is simple: It requires that personal protective equipment (PPE) is of safe design and construction and properly fits each employee. It is being adopted as a “Horcher” rule, meaning it is … Read More »

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Bird Flu Efforts Not Enough?

California employers have distributed millions of pieces of personal protective equipment; Cal/OSHA has monitored thousands of employees at dairies and poultry farms and conducted inspections at dozens of compliance inspections ostensibly to control the bird flu outbreak, which has hit this state’s animal agricultural industry. Now, a controversy has developed at the Cal/OSHA Standards Board … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA-Employer Settlements End Long-Running Fatality Cases

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers agreed to settlement terms in three fatality cases. Two of the cases stretch back almost seven years. Here are the cases and the results. Monterey Mushrooms: The case that began with the death of Jose Fierros, 62, in February 2020 has been settled for $40,980 (59%) … Read More »

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Autonomous Advisory Committee

The long and winding road to resolving the decades-long issue of how and when autonomous vehicles and equipment can be used in California agriculture gets a kick-start on March 26th. That’s when the Cal/OSHA Standards Board will convene an advisory committee to discuss autonomous tractors. Cal/OSHA says the meeting will be virtual to allow for … Read More »

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