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 »
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 »
Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting Highlights – February 2013
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee held its first of three meetings for 2013 on February 7, 2013 in Oakland. The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee is a group of occupational safety and health leaders representing various industry groups, labor, management groups, and professional members that meet three times a year to provide input to Cal/OSHA’s management. The Advisory ... Read more »