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The Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board maintains an index to all Cal/OSHA regulations.
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will be holding its July meeting in Southern California…and we’ll be there to address the Board about the draft of the workplace violence prevention regulation for healthcare workers that is now before them for consideration.
The leadership of Cal/OSHA has taken it upon itself to significantly weaken language that was developed over the course of five robust public advisory meetings. That draft is now with the Standards Board. The next step is that the Board will review it and turn it back over to Cal/OSHA with their evaluation.
Cal/OSHA’s leadership has put forward a draft that:
o Narrows the definition of workplace violence
o Says verbal and physical intimidation isn’t workplace violence
o Allows employers to decide what is or isn’t a “credible threat” of workplace violence
o Allows employers to decide who is a “reasonable person” when it comes to making a complaint of workplace violence
o Doesn’t mandate effective (site specific, interactive, and frequent) training
We need the Standards Board to tell Cal/OSHA that this watered down draft is not acceptable.
We’ll be gathering outside Pasadena City Hall (100 North Garfield Avenue) at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 16. The meeting starts promptly at 10:00 a.m. Please join us if you can. If you can’t, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, where we’ll be sharing updates throughout the day.
| Date & Time | Location | Meeting Documents | Notice of Proposals |
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| November 20, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
**No Public Hearing Items** |
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| December 18, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Sections 2540.7, 2540.8, 5530, 5568, 5572, 5574, 5575 and 5621 Electrical Equipment in Hazardous (Classified) Locations |
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| January 15, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
Costa Mesa City Hall Council Chambers 77 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
Storage battery systems and changing and charging storage batteries |
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| February 19, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
Harris State Building Auditorium 1515 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612 |
Cranes and Derricks in Construction Operator Certification Effective Dates and Phase-In (Federal Time Extension) Horcher Private Fire Brigades—Foot Protection |
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| March 19, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
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| April 16, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
Walnut Creek City Hall Council Chambers 1666 N Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 |
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| May 21, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
County Administration Center Room 310 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92101 |
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| June 18, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
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| July 16, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
Pasadena City Hall Council Chambers, Room S249 100 North Garfield Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101 |
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| August 20, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
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| September 17, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
Harris State Building Auditorium 1515 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612 |
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| October 15, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
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| November 19, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
Costa Mesa City Hall Council Chambers 77 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
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| December 17, 2015 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| Date & Time | Location | Meeting Documents | Proposals |
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| January 16, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
Costa Mesa City Hall Council Chambers 77 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
Sections 2940.2 and 2940.7 Fed OSHA DFR, Revision to CDAC Scope: Exception For Digger DerricksSection 5001 Update and Harmonization of Crane Hand Signals Standards and Illustrations |
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| February 20, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Sections 1598 and 1599 Update of Reference to California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (CA MUTCD) |
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| March 20, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
Harris State Building Auditorium 1515 Clay Street Oakland, CA 94612 |
Section 4542 Guarding of Vertical Food MixersSection 5155 Airborne Contaminants, Hydrogen Chloride |
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| April 17, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
State Resources Building Auditorium 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Section 1514 and 3380 Personal Protective Devices and Safeguards |
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| May 15, 2014 10:00 a.m. |
Walnut Creek City Hall Council Chambers 1666 N. Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 |
Section 1903 Landing Operations-Note to Section 1903Section 3314 Lockout Tagout (LOTO) – Group Lockout |
