AGENDA

 

PUBLIC MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING/BUSINESS MEETING OF THE

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS BOARD

 

If you have questions regarding any of the following agenda items, please contact

Terri Nieto at (916) 274-5721

 

August 16, 2001

 State Resources Building

1416 Ninth Street

Auditorium

Sacramento, California

10:00 a.m.

 

  I.        CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS

 

 II.        PUBLIC MEETING (Open for Public Comment)

 

A.        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).

 

B.         ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUBLIC MEETING

 

ACTIONS TAKEN: New Board members sworn in to service.

 

III.       PUBLIC HEARING

 

A.        EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURES

 

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

 

1.  TITLE 8:     UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY ORDERS

                        Chapter 4; Subchapter 1; Article 1; Sections 450 and 453

                        Article 5; Sections 471, 475, 477, 486, 487, 494 and New Appendix D

                        Liquefied Petroleum Gas Systems

 

ACTIONS TAKEN: Oral comments received. Record Closed

 

2.  TITLE 8:     GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS

                        Chapter 4; Subchapter 7, Article 100

                        Section 5031

                        Crane Inspection Records

                       

             ACTIONS TAKEN: No comments received. Record Closed

 

C.        ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING

 

IV.       BUSINESS MEETING

 

The purpose of the Business Meeting is for the Board to conduct its monthly business.

A.                 PROPOSED SAFETY ORDERS FOR ADOPTION

1.      TITLE 8:    GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS

                        Chapter 7, Subchapter 7, Article 59

                        Section 4296

                        Automatic Starting of Woodworking Machines and Equipment After Power Failure

                        (Heard at the May 17, 2001 Public Hearing in Los Angeles)

 

                       ACTIONS TAKEN: Adopted by unanimous vote.

 

2.      TITLE 8:    ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS

                        Chapter 4, Subchapter 5, Article 36

                        Section 2943(b)(1)

                        Confined Space Requirements for Manholes, Vaults, or Similar Structures

                        (Heard at the June 21, 2001 Public Hearing in Oakland)

 

                       ACTIONS TAKEN: Adopted by unanimous vote.

 

3.   TITLE 8:    GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS

                                                Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, Article 14

                                                Section 3469

                                                Powered Industrial Truck Training for Marine Terminals

                                                (Heard at the June 21, 2001 Public Hearing in Oakland)

 

                                                ACTIONS TAKEN: Adopted by unanimous vote.

 

B.                 OTHER

 

1.      Legislation

2.      ENG Update

3.      Vernon v. City of Berkeley, State of California and United States government

 

ACTIONS TAKEN: Staff reports given. No action taken.

 

            C.        ADJOURNMENT OF THE BUSINESS MEETING