Welcome to the Department of Industrial Relations
Agenda

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is to promote, adopt, and maintain reasonable and enforceable standards that will ensure a safe and healthful workplace for California workers.

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
Melony Hernandez at (916) 274-5721

November 20, 2003
State Building
1350 Front Street
Auditorium
San Diego, 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

III.

Public Hearing (Open for Public Comment)

 

A.

B.

Explanation of Procedures

Proposed Safety Standards (Revisions, Additions, Deletions)

    1. Title 8:   

construction safety orders
chapter 4, subchapter 4, article 10
section 1593
securing loads on haulage vehicles
    2. Title 8:  

construction safety orders
chapter 4, subchapter 4, article 29
section 1716.2
proposed vertical standard - fall protection for
residential-type framing activities

 
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 4, subchapter 7, article 7
section 3301(e) and (f)
pressure testing of pipes and other containers
(Heard at the October 16, 2003 Public Hearing in Sacramento)
    2. Title 8: General Industry Safety Orders
chapter 4, subchapter 7, article 98
sections 5001(b) and 5008(b)
use of signals and operating practices-cranes
(heard at the October 16, 2003 public hearing in Sacramento)
  B.

Proposed Petition Decisions for Adoption
    1.

Robert Hollenbeck, Director, Company Safety and Health (Petition No. 455)
The Boeing Company

Petitioner requested the Board to revise the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for methyl hydrazine from a ceiling limit of 0.01 parts per million (ppm) to a time weighted average (TWA) of 0.01 ppm.

  C.

Proposed Variance Decisions for Adoption

   

1.

Consent Calendar

     

a.


b.


c.


d.


e.


f.


g.

City of Los Angeles, Dept. of General Services
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-008)

Crescent Park Ventures, LLC
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-010)

Warmington Homes Villa d'Este, LLC
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-012)

Palmer/City Center
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-013)

Eisner Pediatric Family Medical Center
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-016)

Carnival Corp.
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-017)

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-020)

    2.

Items that may be removed from the Consent Calendar Agenda
  D.

Other

   

1.

2.

2004 Meeting Schedule

2004 Rulemaking Summary

  E.

Adjournment of meeting