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Board Grants Rehearing on Denied Construction Personnel Hoist Variance

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has granted rehearing to the Tutor/Perini / O&G Joint Venture regarding a variance to Title 8 safety orders the Board denied in July on the use of construction personnel hoists (CPH) in tunnels. The joint venture is installing four temporary CPHs at shaft locations for future Los Angeles and Beverly Hills … Read More »

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Board Welcomes Newest Member – Nov 27, 2024

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has sworn in its new occupational safety representative, Derek Urwin, Ph.D., a firefighter and researcher. He replaces Laura Stock, who was termed out and turned out by the governor’s office after she made critical comments about the administration regarding the indoor heat illness proposal. Irwin, who recently earned his Ph.D. in … Read More »

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Future of Farming is Autonomous

Autonomous tractors. Precision sprayers that resemble a Cyber Truck – or is it the other way around? Weeders that independently clear a vineyard of unwanted vegetation and laser-guided “zappers” that target weeds and leave production plants alone. Retrofits that can be added to existing farm equipment to aid seeding. Machines that water and cultivate crops. … Read More »

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New Deadline on Silica Comments

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has extended the deadline for receiving comments on its second 15-day notice of proposed modifications to the silica proposal. The new deadline is November 13th. The proposal makes permanent revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §5204 to address silica exposures in the engineered stone industry that have killed dozens of California … Read More »

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More Changes to Silica Proposal

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has issued a second 15-day Notice of Proposed Modifications to its permanent proposal for protections from silica in the engineered stone industry. The new notice is based on comments the Board received after initial changes in September. They include revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §5204 as follows: (a)(3) Moved and … Read More »

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