OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY
AND HEALTH
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The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board hereby gives public notice of receipt of the following petitions to adopt, amend or repeal regulations in the California Code of Regulations, Title 8, pursuant to the authority contained in Labor Code Section 142.2.
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File No.: |
443 |
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Petitioner: |
Robert D. Peterson Law Corporation |
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on behalf of Masino Plastering, Inc. |
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Subject: |
To amend Title 8, Construction Safety Orders, Section 1637(f), with regard to scaffold planks. |
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Date Received: |
May 31, 2002 |
| File No.: | 444 |
| Petitioner: | Robert D. Peterson Law Corporation |
| on behalf of Beven-Herron, Inc. | |
| Subject: | To amend Title 8, Construction Safety Orders, with regard to structural wood framing system. |
| Date Received: | May 30, 2002 |
| File No.: | 445 |
| Petitioner: | Bradley J. Clinton |
| Subject: | To amend Title 8, General Industry Safety Orders to require a three-point seatbelt system in commercial vehicles. |
| Date Received: | June 20, 2002 |
| File No.: | 446 |
| Petitioner I: | Mark S. Schacht, Deputy Director |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation | |
| Petitioner II: | Rosalinda Guillen, National Vice-President |
| United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO | |
| Petitioner III: | Tom Rankin, President |
| California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO | |
| Subject: | To amend Title 8, General Industry Safety Orders, Section 3456, with regard to the use of short handled hoes in agricultural hand weeding, thinning, and hot-capping operations. |
| Date Received: | July 1, 2002 |
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Board hereby gives notice that the following subjects will be considered by
ad hoc advisory committees convened to consider revisions to Cal/OSHA safety
orders in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
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July 24, 2002
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To consider adding proposed new Section 3458 regarding date palm operations fall protection to Title 8, General Industry Safety Orders. |
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July 30, 2002
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To consider proposed amendments to Title 8, Unfired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders, CNG/LNG temporary refueling. |
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August 29, 2002
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To consider proposed amendments to Title 8, General Industry Safety Orders, Sections 5153, with regard to re-circulation of spray booth exhaust. |
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The Department of Industrial Relations’ Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee, which meets monthly, provides a means for discussing issues related to the Cal/OSHA program. Any interested person is invited to attend. Agenda items must be submitted in writing to John Howard, Chief, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, two weeks in advance of the meeting.
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No Meeting in August |
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Pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.4 and the provisions of Labor Code Sections 142.1, 142.2, and 142.3, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has set the time and place for a Public Hearing. At the Public Hearing, the Board will consider public testimony on the proposed changes noticed below to occupational safety and health regulations in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
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July 18, 2002
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Title 8, Chapter 4, Subchapter 2, Boiler and Fired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders, Article 4, Section 769 and Title 24, Part 4, Chapter 10, California Mechanical Code, Section 1016.0, Boiler Installations.
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August 15, 2002 |
Title 8, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4, Construction Safety Orders, Articles 2 and 8, Appendix B - Plates B-14 and B-15, Appendix C - Plates C-26-a and C-27, and Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders, Group 18, Articles 113 to 123, and Subchapter 17, Mine Safety Orders, Articles 1 and 50-55, Appendices A and B, and Subchapter 20, Tunnel Safety Orders, Articles 2 and 20-24, Explosives. |
After proceedings held in accordance with and pursuant to authority vested in Sections 142, 142.3 and 142.4 of the Labor Code to implement, interpret, or make specific, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, by a majority vote, adopted additions, revisions or deletions to the California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Chapter 4, as follows:
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Title 8, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders, Article 91, Section 4885, Definition of Trolley Suspended Hoists. |
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Heard at the October 18, 2001, Public Hearing; adopted on April 18, 2002; filed with the Secretary of State on June 3, 2002; and became effective on July 3, 2002. |
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| 2. | Title 8, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders, Article 100, Section 5034(f), Crane and Derrick Adjustments and Repairs. |
| Heard at the February 21, 2001, Public Hearing; adopted on April 18, 2001; filed with the Secretary of the State on June 3, 2002; and became effective on July 3, 2002. | |
| 3. | Title 8, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders, Article 109, Appendix A to Section 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials Listing of Sulfur Dioxide. |
| Heard at the April 18, 2002, Public Hearing; adopted on May 16, 2002; filed with the Secretary of the State on June 18, 2002; and will become effective on July 18, 2002. | |
| 4. | Title 8, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders, Article 27, Sections 3700 and 3702, Seatbelt Requirement for Farm Labor Vehicles. |
| Heard at the March 21, 2001, Public Hearing; adopted on May 16, 2002; filed with the Secretary of the State on June 20, 2002; and will become effective July 20, 2002. | |
| 5. | Title 8, Chapter 3.5, Subchapter 1, Administrative Regulations, Article 2, Sections 406, 411.1-411.4, 415, 417.3 and 417.5, Variances from Occupational Safety and Health Standards. |
| Heard at the April 18, 2002, Public Hearing; adopted on May 16, 2002; filed with the Secretary of the State on July 1, 2002; and will become effective July 31, 2002. |
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