Tagged in: Standards Board

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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Cal/OSHA on Woke Toilets

Cal/OSHA considered its obligation to consider Title 8 revisions to fulfill a 2023 bill the author believes will attract women to the construction trades. That legislation by Assemblyman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) requires the Board to consider changes to Construction Safety Orders §1526 to require all construction sites to have at least one single-user toilet for … Read More »

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Walking and Working Surfaces Committee

The sixth meeting of an advisory committee studying Title 8 revisions on so-called “walking/working surfaces” will assemble on March 5th and 6th in Oakland. The committee has been in discussion since October 2022 to implement Fed-OSHA-mandated changes regarding fall prevention. Those changes are detailed in an 84-page draft that covers everything from guardrail design to … Read More »

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