Tagged in: Standards Board

Lookout! Indoor Heat Rule is in Effect

California’s Office of Administrative Law has approved Cal/OSHA’s indoor heat illness prevention regulation. The controversial regulation is now in effect. General Industry Safety Orders §3396 standard applies to most indoor workplaces, including warehouses, restaurants, and manufacturing facilities. Emergency operations and correctional facilities are exempted from the requirements. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health plans … Read More »

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Alioto to Probe Stakeholder Concerns

For many years and through various important rulemaking efforts – COVID, lead, indoor heat illness, and others – employer representatives have complained long and loud that Cal/OSHA isn’t taking their concerns seriously enough and not really listening to them on the costs and unintended consequences of major proposals – and even some minor ones. That … Read More »

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Fall Protection: Fed-OSHA Ups the Ante

Fed-OSHA and California’s residential construction industry remain at odds over the Feds’ insistence on a strict six-foot trigger height for fall protection. The latest salvos come in response to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board’s recent 15-day notice of modifications to its proposal that would revise the longstanding residential rules. The new Fed-OSHA Oakland area director says … Read More »

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Board Denies Variance on Tunnel Hoists

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board denied a variance and is requiring the general contractor for a Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority expansion project to use Title 8-compliant procedures for construction personnel hoists (CPHs) in tunnel access shafts. The reason, it says, is that the Board fears the variance sought by Tutor Perini/O&G Joint Venture could lead … Read More »

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‘Expedited’ Rulemaking on PSM

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has approved “expedited” 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 California’s five renewable fuel facilities. … Read More »

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Skepticism on Narcan Petition

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to essentially put off a petition requiring “opioid antagonists”—read Narcon—in first-aid kits that every California employer must have. It sent the idea to an advisory committee. Members and stakeholders have serious qualms about the idea, and there seems to be little likelihood that the Board will make any regulatory change … Read More »

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