As the days grow warmer, California employers with outdoor places of employment should think about compliance with California’s Heat Illness Prevention Regulations (Cal. Code of Regs. tit. 8, § 3395). To comply with the regulations, California employers should take four essential steps:
On May 23, 2014 the full semiannual regulatory agenda for federal agencies was published. This regulatory agenda provides a complete list of all regulatory actions that are under active consideration for promulgation, proposal, or review and covers regulatory actions for over 60 federal departments, agencies, and commissions.
The regulatory agenda for the Department of Labor
OSHA’s standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1427, which sets out operator qualification and certification requirements for cranes used in the construction industry is currently set to take effect on November 10, 2014. However, after significant concerns among stakeholders regarding these requirements, in February, OSHA proposed a three-year extension to the operator certification deadline and requested public
Background
On June 15, 2005, OSHA proposed to update its existing standards on Electric Power Generation, Transmission, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.269 (Operations and Maintenance) and 29 C.F.R. Part 1926, Subpart V (Construction). OSHA’s primary objective in revising the two standards was to align and update the rules for the construction of transmission and distribution installations
The latest issue of our weekly Workplace Safety and Health newsletter is available for viewing and contains the following articles:
MSHA Rebuffed in Application of Flagrant Violation Tool. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judge Alan Paez has rejected MSHA’s attempt to use prior citations and orders alleging “significant and substantial” violations
The latest issue of our weekly Workplace Safety and Health newsletter is available for viewing and contains the following articles:
Enforcement, New Rules are Themes of MSHA, OSHA Budgets. Enforcement and new regulations are twin themes of the proposed 2015 fiscal year budgets of two Department of Labor (DOL) safety and health agencies.
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At a recent American Bar Association meeting, Jordan Barab, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA and Tom Galassi, Director of Enforcement Programs, all stressed the agency’s continued focus on key enforcement initiatives, such as temporary workers, workplace violence and heat stress. In addition, they emphasized
On February 11, 2014, OSHA issued a long awaited Shipyard Employment “Tool Bag” Directive (CPL 02-00-156). While the Directive provides compliance guidance to Compliance Safety & Health Officers (CSHO) for inspections of shipyard employers, it also provides guidance to covered employers. The Directive is a source of information on how OSHA interprets various requirements and
Over the last several years, Federal OSHA has become increasingly active with “policing” state approved plans – states that develop and operate their own job safety and health programs. Recently, Cal/OSHA has come under fire for how it classifies a repeat citation.
Currently, Cal/OSHA classifies a repeat violation as
a violation where the employer has
In addition to proposing a three-year extension to the operator certification requirements under the final cranes and derricks in construction standard, 1926 – Subpart CC, OSHA further extended the temporary enforcement policy memorandum regarding the use of proximity alarms and insulating links on cranes and derricks operating near power lines.
OSHA’s final standard for cranes