1. Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board

Approved Regulations

Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board

The following is a list of approved regulations. Click on the name of the regulation(s) to access the language in strikeout/underline form and the adoption, approval and effective dates. Strikeout language indicates language deleted from the proposed Title 8 regulation and underlined language indicates language added to the proposed Title 8 regulation.

The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, by a majority vote, adopted additions, revisions or deletions to the California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Chapter 4, after proceedings held in accordance with and pursuant to authority vested in Sections 142, 142.3 and 142.4 of the Labor Code to implement, interpret, or make specific.

For more information regarding the development of Occupational Safety and Health regulations, e-mail oshsb@dir.ca.gov.

Approved Regulation Status Effective
Title 8: Chapter 3.5, Subchapter 1, Article 2, Section 411
Applications For Permanent Variances		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Apr. 25, 2022		 Jul. 1, 2022
Sections 1504, 1526, 3361, 3364, 3437, 3457 and 5192
Single-User Toilet Facilities		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Mar. 3, 2020		 Jul. 1, 2020
Section 1532.1, Section 5155 and Section 5198
Lead		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Apr. 8, 2024		 Jan. 1, 2025
Various Sections within CSO, HVESO and GISO
Consolidate Construction Safety Orders, Article 15 (Cranes and
Derricks in Construction), into General Industry Safety Orders,
Group 13 (Cranes and Other Hoisting Equipment)		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jul. 26, 2022		 Jul. 26, 2022
Sections 1618.1 and 1618.4
Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Qualification - HORCHER 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Apr. 6, 2020		 Apr. 6, 2020
Section 1630(a)
Elevators for Hoisting Workers		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jul. 27, 2020		 Jul. 27, 2020
Sections 1671.1, 1716.2, 1730 and 1731
Fall Protection in Residential Construction
 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Nov. 26, 2024		 Jul. 1, 2025
Sections 2300, 2305.2, 2940.2 and Appendix A to Article 36
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment: Final Rule - Correction		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Dec. 5, 2019		 Apr. 1, 2020
Section 3203(a)
Employee Access to Injury and Illness Prevention Program		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Mar. 3, 2020		 Jul. 1, 2020
New Sections 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, and 3205.3
COVID-19 Prevention - Non-Emergency Regulation		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Feb. 3, 2023		 Feb. 3, 2023
Section 3273(d)
Working Area Catwalk Exception		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Dec. 5, 2016		 Apr. 1, 2017
New Section 3345
Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Mar. 9, 2018		 Jul. 1, 2018
Section 3389(a)
Life Rings and Personal Flotation Devices (PFD) in Marine Terminal Operations		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Feb. 6, 2019		 Apr. 1, 2019
New Section 3396
Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jul. 23, 2024		 Jul. 23, 2024
Section 3401, Section 3402, New Sections 3402.1 - 3402.3,
Sections 3403 - 3410, New Section 3410.1 and Section 3411
Fire Fighters’ Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment – AB 2146 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Nov. 7, 2022		 Jan. 1, 2023
Sections 3420 and 3425
Tree Work, Maintenance or Removal - Use of Portable Power Saws		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jul. 30, 2020		 Oct. 1, 2020
Sections 3441 and 3449
Outdoor Agricultural Operations During Hours of Darkness		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jun. 3, 2020		 Jul. 1, 2020
Section 3999(b)
Guarding of Conveyor Belt Support Rollers - Note		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Mar. 5, 2019		 Jul. 1, 2019
Section 4306
Underhung Slung (Jump) Saw Guarding 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Mar. 20, 2017		 Jul. 1, 2017
New Section 5141.1
Protection from Wildfire Smoke 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Feb. 1, 2021		 Feb. 1, 2021
Section 5144 Appendix A
Fit Testing Procedures (Mandatory) (HORCHER) 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jun. 24, 2024		 Jun. 24, 2024
Section 5155
Airborne Contaminants - Benzyl Chloride 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Dec. 5, 2017		 Apr. 1, 2018
Section 5155 - Airborne Contaminants-Wood Dust and Western Red Cedar
Airborne Contaminants-Wood Dust and Western Red Cedar 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Apr. 4, 2017		 Jul. 1, 2017
Section 5189
Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials, Appendix A List of Acutely Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives (HORCHER) 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
May. 4, 2020		 May. 4, 2020
New Section 5189.1
Process Safety Management for Petroleum Refineries 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jul. 27, 2017		 Oct. 1, 2017
Section 5204
Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica Non Emergency
Filed with Secretary of
State:
Feb. 5, 2025		 Feb. 5, 2025
Sections 6051, 6056 and 6057
Commercial and Technical Diving Operations 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jun. 1, 2021		 Oct. 1, 2021
Sections 6052, 6056, 6056.1 (New), 6057, 6060, and 6062
Commercial Diving Operations - HORCHER 		Filed with Secretary of
State:
Nov. 28, 2017		 Nov. 28, 2017
Section 8615(g)
Fall Protection in Telecommunications		 Filed with Secretary of
State:
Jan. 9, 2020		 Apr. 1, 2020

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February 2025