Cal/OSHA Eases Final First-Aid Kit Rules, But Oversight Disputes Remain

California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board is easing requirements in its final proposed update to first-aid kit requirements for general industry and construction firms pertaining to the type of container required, but is maintaining a mandate to check the kits weekly despite employer representatives’ continued opposition. “We appreciate and support the board’s decision to remove what we believe were unnecessary container specifications for first aid kits,” Helen Cleary, director of the employer group Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable (PRR), tells Inside OSHA ...