Employer Group Faults Cal/OSHA Draft Rule To Protect Workers From Gates

An employer advocacy group is heavily faulting California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) proposed first-time rules to protect workers from sliding and swinging gates at worksites, arguing the measures capture far too many small gates and go far beyond the breadth of coverage envisioned in a petition accepted by the agency to draft the new standards. “[T]he August Draft greatly exceeds both the Petition Decision, and Cal/OSHA’s evaluation, by sweeping in every gate in California workplaces, regardless of size, weight, design, function or...