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<br />DES:djk 09/22/88 (003/24) <br /> <br />RES 0 L UTI 0 N <br /> <br />--------- <br /> <br />N O. <br /> <br />10917 <br /> <br />OCT 3 818 <br />ORIGJ Ni~L <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ENDORSING CAL-OSHA INITIATIVE (PROPOSITION <br />97, NOVEMBER 8, 1988 GENERAL ELECTION) <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />Cal-OSHA, <br /> <br />California's <br /> <br />respected <br /> <br />Occupational <br /> <br />Safety and Health program which was eliminated last year, <br /> <br />protected people from perils Federal OSHA does not cover; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Cal-OSHA safeguards were lost when the Federal OSHA <br /> <br />became solely applicable to private sector workers, including <br /> <br />such features as the power to act immediately against "imminent <br /> <br />hazards" at job sites, a permit process informing inspectors <br /> <br />where and when to inspect potentially dangerous construction <br /> <br />sites, a ban on the infamous short-handled hoe for farm workers, <br /> <br />and the ability to respond to anonymous reports of violations; <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during the first six months after Federal Cal-OSHA <br /> <br />replaced Cal-OSHA, inspections of injury accidents decreased by <br /> <br />93 percent; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, since community exposure to toxics often begins <br /> <br />with hazardous conditions at work, Cal-OSHA made dramatic <br /> <br />advances <br /> <br />over <br /> <br />Federal <br /> <br />OSHA <br /> <br />in <br /> <br />controlling <br /> <br />cancer-causing <br /> <br />materials in the air and water; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />California's <br /> <br />former occupational cancer <br /> <br />law, <br /> <br />enforced only by California, was much more comprehensive than the <br /> <br />federal standards, and Cal-OSHA regulated 170 toxic substances <br /> <br />which are ignored by Federal OSHA, and provided stricter <br /> <br />regulation of 97 other dangerous chemicals; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Cal-OSHA cost only $6.8 million a year out of a <br /> <br />total state budget of $42 billion, yet businesses will pay many <br /> <br />10917 <br />