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Petition decisions
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
Petitions submitted to the Board for consideration
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Board) is the only agency in the State authorized to adopt occupational safety and health standards or orders. The Board is required to hold open public meetings at least monthly and to permit any person to address the Board on any matters of occupational safety or health or to propose new or revised standards. Petitions for standard changes will be evaluated by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The Board will report its decision no later than six months following receipt of a petition.
Petition File No. 507
Bo Bradley, Director
Safety, Health, and Regulatory Services
AGC of California
Guy Prescott, Director of Safety
Operating Engineers, Local 3
Petition File No. 506
Nicolas Garcia
Body Protection, LLC
Petition File No. 505
Jogen Bhalla
Vice President
AMOT
Petition File No. 504
Roy A. Swift, Ph.D.
Program Director
Personnel Certification Accreditation Program
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Petition File No. 503
Timothy M. Strahan
Petition File No. 502
David Kennedy, DDS
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
Petition File No. 501
Charles Brown, National Counsel
Consumers for Dental Choice
Petition File No. 500
Henry Morgan
Petition File No. 499
Dale H. Curtis
Petition File No. 498
Howard J. Hill, et. al.
Petition File No. 497
Brenda Roach, Chair
Associated General Contractors of California
Petition File No. 496
Salvador Gonzales
Petition File No. 495
Richard Grossman
Petition File No. 494
Julio and Madeline Petrini
Petition File No. 493
David F. Wagner
Petition File No. 492
Tim Roberts
Petition File No. 491
Rob Scott, HazMat Director
Western Propane Gas Association
Petition File No. 490
David W. Smith
Ensign Safety & Health Advisory
Petition File No. 489
Ric Morrison
Sunset Moulding Company
Petition File No. 488
James L. Meyer
Meyer Consulting Incorporated
Petition File No. 486
Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer
California Labor Federation
George Landers, Executive Director
United Food and Commercial Workers
Petition File No. 485
Bradley D. Closson
Craft Forensic Service
Petition File No. 484
Russell E. Hutchison
Director, Technical and Safety Services
Association of Equipment Manufacturers