Below are the documents from today’s Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting. A full report detailing the meeting will be forthcoming next week that outlines statements made from the senior leadership at Cal/OSHA. June 6, 2013 Meeting Documents – Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Agenda: Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting June 6, 2013 Reports: Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee ... Read more »
Cal/OSHA GHS & HAZCOM Advisory Committee Meeting – April 17, 2013 Update
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
GHS HAZCOM Update – April 17, 2013 Cal/OSHA urges public comments on the GHS HAZCOM update by May 3, 2013 Cal/OSHA has posted the draft Section 5194 that was discussed at the April 9, 2013 advisory committee meeting. If you would like all of the documents that were provided at the meeting, you can download ... Read more »
Globally Harmonized System – Cal/OSHA Advisory Meeting
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Cal/OSHA has scheduled an advisory committee meeting on the topic of Globally Harmonized Systems (GHS) to Cal/OSHA’s Title 8 Section 5194 Hazard Communication Standard. The meeting is a follow-up to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board GHS meeting on November 15, 2012. The November 15, 2012 Standards Board meeting focused on adopting the portions of the Federal ... Read more »
OSHA Enforcement Database – Searching OSHA’s Citation Database
March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
OSHA Enforcement Data Search During a recent OSHA 510 Construction Standards course, a question was raised about how to search OSHA’s database for citations. OSHA’s establishment search page or OSHA enforcement database allows you to search by company name, inspection number, or NAICS/SIC codes for OSHA violations that resulted from OSHA enforcement inspections. OSHA’s database ... Read more »
Tune up your Heat Illness Prevention Program
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
April 5, 2013 Update: Cal/OSHA launches its 2013 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign in Fresno during a press conference. The summer of 2012 was the warmest on record in the State of California. As a result, Cal/OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Special Emphasis Program (SEP), designed to ensure that all workers in California are protected in outdoor ... Read more »