December 15, 2011

1. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS

2. PUBLIC MEETING(open for public comment)

   1. This portion of the public meeting is open to any interested person to propose new or revised standards to the Board or to make any comment concerning occupational safety and health (Labor Code Section 142.2).

      This portion of the meeting is also open to any person who wishes to address the Board on any item on today's Business Meeting Agenda (Government Code Section 11125.7)

      Any individual or group planning to make a presentation during the Public Meeting is requested to contact Chris Witte, Executive Secretary, or Marley Hart, Executive Officer, at (916) 274-5721 in advance of the meeting so that any logistical concerns can be addressed.

   2. ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUBLIC MEETING

3. PUBLIC HEARING (open for public comment)

   1. EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURES

   2. PROPOSED SAFETY STANDARDS (Revisions, Additions, Deletions)

      1. TITLE 8:

         CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4, Article 25
         Section 1675
         GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, Article 4
         Sections 3276 and 3278
         Single-Rail Ladders

      2. TITLE 8:

         CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4, Article 35
         Section 1905
         Helicopter Fueling

   3. ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING

4. BUSINESS MEETING

   The purpose of the business meeting is for the board to conduct its monthly business.

   1. PROPOSED SAFETY ORDERS FOR ADOPTION

      1. TITLE 8:

         CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4
         Article 2, Section 1504
         Article 10, Section 1591, New Appendix A
         Article 11, Section 1597
         GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7
         Article 25, Section 3363
         Article 93, New Section 4925.1
         MINE SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 17, Article 17
         Section 7016
         Vehicle Exhaust Retrofits
         (Heard at the February 17, 2011, Public Hearing)

      2. TITLE 8:

         CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4
         Article 4, Section 1532.1
         Article 15, Section 1615.7
         GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7
         Article 9, Section 3361
         Article 101, Sections 5042, 5044, 5045, 5047, and 5049
         Article 107, Section 5144
         Article 109, Sections 5191, 5198, and 5209
         SHIP BUILDING, SHIP REPAIRING, SHIP BREAKING SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchaptr 18, Article 4
         Section 8355
         Federal Final Rule, Standards Completion Project--Phase III (Horcher)
         (Heard at the November 17, 2011, Public Hearing)

      3. TITLE 8:

         CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4
         Article 4, Section 1533
         Article 6, Section 1541
         TUNNEL SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 20, Article 1
         Section 8403
         Ventilation Inside Shafts, Culverts, and Pipelines
         (Heard at the August 18, 2011, Public Hearing)

   2. PROPOSED VARIANCE DECISIONS FOR ADOPTION

      1. Consent Calendar

   3. OTHER

      1. Terminate Portable Ladder Inspection rulemaking proposal

      2. Executive Officer's Report

         1. Calendar of Activities

      3. Future Agenda Items

   4. CLOSED SESSION

      Pursuant to Government Code Sections 11126(e)(1) and (e)(2)(A), the Board will meet in closed session to discuss the following pending litigation: Bautista, et al. v. State of California, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC418871 and Second District Court of Appeal No. B226102.

   5. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION: ADJOURNMENT OF THE BUSINESS MEETING

      Next meeting:

      January 19, 2012
      Harris State Building
      1515 Clay Street
      Oakland, California 94612
      10:00 a.m.

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Accommodations include, but are not limited to, an Assistive Listening System (ALS), a Computer-Aided Transcription System or Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART), a sign-language interpreter, documents in Braille, large print or on computer disk, and audio cassette recording. Accommodation requests should be made as soon as possible. Requests for an ALS or CART should be made no later than five (5) days before the hearing.