August 18, 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 3
         Section 1512
         ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS
         Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 5
         Group 1, Section 2320.10 (Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders)
         Group 2, Section 2940.10 (High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders)
         First Aid for Electrical Workers (Horcher)

      2. 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

   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 PETITION DECISION FOR ADOPTION

      1. David Feerst, Director of Safety
         Winco, Inc.
         Petition File No. 522
         
         Petitioner requests that the Board amend Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Construction Safety Orders, Section 1905 to delete the requirement for grounding helicopters and their fuel source before and during fueling operations.

   2. PROPOSED VARIANCE DECISIONS FOR ADOPTION

      1. Consent Calendar

   3. OTHER

      1. Legislative Update

      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:

      September 15, 2011
      State Resources Building Auditorium
      1416 9th Street
      Sacramento, California 95814
      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.