Sensitizing substances - Advisory Meetings

General Industry Safety Orders
Chapter 4, subchapter 7,
Sections 5179 & 5155

October 20, 2009 Advisory meeting regarding adding a new section 5179 that is linked to a sensitizer notation in section 5155

DOSH staff to contact for questions or comments: Steve Smith 916-574-2993.

This advisory meeting will be held at 1515 Clay St, room 1304 in Oakland starting at 10:00 am and is an open public forum to be attended by any interested parties regarding the subject of adding a sensitizer notation to section 5155. The agenda and draft proposed change to section 5155 are attached below and planned for discussion.

• Agenda
• Handouts
  • Revised draft proposal of new section 5179 and added sen notation in section 5155
  • Draft initial and annual medical questionnaires that could be considered as samples in an appendix to section 5179
• Minutes

April 28, 2009 Advisory meeting regarding adding a new section 5179 that is linked to a sensitizer notation in section 5155

• Agenda
• Handouts
  • Draft proposal of new section 5179 and added sen notation in section 5155
  • Draft initial and annual medical questionnaires that could be considered as samples in an appendix to section 5179
• Minutes

January 21, 2009 Advisory meeting regarding adding a sensitizer notation to section 5155

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Handouts
  • Proposed changes to section 5155 , medical questionnaires to be considered for an appendix to section 5155, and a list of substances to be considered for notation in table AC-1 of section 5155.
  • Draft medical questionnaires (initial , annual ) that could be considered as samples in an appendix to section 5155
• Link to 2005 meetings, minutes and handouts

September 16th, 2005 meeting regarding sensitizers

• Minutes
  Pdf( 50kb), Doc
• Agenda
  Pdf 15KB, Doc
• Handouts
  • Proposed changes to section 5155, medical questionnaires to be considered for an appendix to section 5155, and a list of substances to be considered for notation in table AC-1 of section 5155.
    Pdf, 33kb Doc
  • Draft medical questionnaires that could be considered as samples in an appendix to section 5155
    Sensitizer medical sureveillance baseline questionnaire
    Sensitizer medical sureveillance periodic questionnaire
  • Draft list of substances that could receive a sensitization notation in section 5155
    Cal OSHA sensitizer list (ms excel)

June 10th, 2005 meeting addressed the issue of sensitizers

• Agenda
  Pdf 20KB, Doc
• Minutes
  Pdf 38kb, Doc
• Handouts
  • Footnote developed for glutaraldehyde
  • Section 5217, Formaldehyde [see specifically subsections (d) and (l)]

January 19th, 2005 meeting regarding sensitizers in Oakland

• Agenda
  (Pdf 1 page, 25kb) ( Doc)
• Handouts
  • How to participate in the rulemaking process
  • Cal/OSHA sensitizer "advisory meeting" (pdf 35KB)
  • Presentation by Dr. John Balmes (pdf 35 pages 221KB)
  • From the ACGIH Threhold Limit Values (TLVs) 2004 (Pdf 16KB), (ms excel)
  • Workplace Environmental Exposure Levels (WEELS)
  • Glutaraldehyde advisory meeting record (Pdf 5 pages, 111KB) (Doc)
• Minutes
  (Pdf 6 pages, 42KB) ( Doc)