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Tagged in: Title 8
Latest Cal/OSHA Inspection Stats for 2024
Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health opened 12% fewer inspections during the first three quarters of 2024 than during the same period in 2023. It issued 12% fewer citations, according to data obtained by Cal-OSHA Reporter. DOSH conducted 4,681 inspections between January 1st and October 16th of this year, compared to 5,314 during the …
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Looking for Another Exit (Sign)
A petition to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board seeks to optionally add an internationally recognized pictogram to the Cal/OSHA requirement for exit signs in the workplace. The request might also require approval by other agencies. Carsten M. Jonas petitioned the Board for revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §3216. That safety order requires that employers post …
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COVID Petition Denied
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has denied a petition from a San Diego-area pastor to rescind the Title 8 COVID regulation. The Board says petitioner Ricardo Beas failed to support his assertions with relevant data. Perhaps more relevant, the regulation will expire in early 2025, making the petition moot. T he Division of Occupational Safety and …
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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 …
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A Law for Heat Illness Training?
As the Cal/OSHA Standards Board prepares to finalize regulations to protect indoor workers from heat illness, a state legislator is focusing on requiring outdoor workers to be trained on the existing outdoor regulations. It is becoming more common for the legislature to impose itself on what has appropriately been the purview of the Cal/OSHA Standards …
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The Lead Cast is Set
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Public Hearing: Fit Test Update
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is adopting a Fed-OSHA update to respirator fit-testing protocols to ensure the Title 8 standard is at least as effective as its federal counterpart. The Board is holding a public hearing on the proposal in March, even though it is not required under the âHorcherâ process for adopting federal language verbatim. …
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