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Judi Freyman, principal, Mercer ORC Networks, Western Occupational Safety and Health Group, is quoted in an article posted April 24 to Inside OSHA Online. The article is entitled, “Newly Named Cal/OSHA Chief to Refocus on Serious Hazards, State Plan" and is available below for download.
OSHA has not designed a method to determine that state occupational safety and health programs are at least as effective as federal OSHA in reducing injuries and illnesses, according to a report released April 6 by the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG report also points out that OSHA has not evaluated the impact of its own enforcement program in order to arrive at a minimum criterion to evaluate state programs.
On April 4, 2011, Ellen Widess was appointed Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) replacing Len Welsh. Most recently, she has been self-employed as a consultant in the field of occupational safety and health and immigration policy since 2010. From 2000 to 2010, she served as the Senior Program Officer for the Rosenberg Foundation in San Francisco, which seeks fundamental, structural reform in public policy related to low-income families and immigrants in California. She was a consultant for the Centers for Disease Control on updated child labor st
A seasoned veteran of the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has been appointed as its new Chief Deputy Director. She is Christine Baker, well known to Mercer ORC Networks’ WOSH Group as the Executive Officer of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC). She will become Acting Director on April 1, 2011, replacing current Director John Duncan. Her interim statu
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hear comments on the following proposals on June 18, 2009 in Oakland, California.
To Interested Parties for Cal/OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits
This is a notice for the first meeting of the Feasibility Advisory Committee (FAC) in Cal/OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL) project, for PELs in Title 8 California Code of Regulations section 5155.
The details of the meeting are as follows:
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hear comments on the following proposal on December 18, 2008 in Sacramento, California.
HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS (Sections 2700 thru 2974 and new Sections 2985, 2987 & 2989)
This second meeting of the Advisory Committee Meeting on the Proposed Changes to the Cal/OSHA Penalty System was held in Oakland, California on November 13, 2008.
Below is the draft penalty calculation system. Before reviewing this draft the following comments are offered to help you better understand Cal/OSHA’s thinking with regard to this important subject.
The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting was held as scheduled on November 6, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. The highlights of the meeting are the following:
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