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

September 18, 2003
Harris State Building
1515 Clay Street
Auditorium
Oakland, 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 2
section 1523
illumination for nighttime highway construction projects

    2. Title 8:  

General Industry Safety Orders
chapter 4, subchapter 7, article 25
section 3663
maintenance of industrial trucks

  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 96
section 4968
tower crane pre-deceleration devices
(Heard at the July 17, 2003 Public Hearing
in Los Angeles)
    2. Title 8:

General Industry Safety Orders
chapter 4, subchapter 7, article 100
section 5035(b) and new section 5035(c)
repair and testing of crane booms
and boom extensions
(heard at the August 21, 2003 public hearing
in Sacramento)

  B.

Proposed Variance Decisions for Adoption

   

1.

Consent Calendar

      a.

Sacramento Municipal Utility District
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-005)
     

b

 

b. SBC
(OSHSB File No. 03-V-014)

    2.

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

Other

   

1.

2.

2004 Meeting Schedule

Legislation

  D.

Adjournment of the business meeting