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New Nighttime Lighting Requirements Go Into Effect For California The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, released a new regulation in California specifying lighting requirements for operation of agricultural equipment at night and agricultural employees who are working at night. The regulation went into effect July 1. Although these new requirements aren’t as intrusive as originally proposed, thanks to the involvement of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association, they are still imposing. Details Regarding New Regulations The new requirements include the following highlights, when working between sunset and sunrise: ¡ All tractors, trucks and harvest equipment must have a light at the front of the equipment and one rear light to illuminate equipment. ¡ Lighting must be provided at the following illumination levels: — Meeting and meal/rest areas – 3 foot-candles. — Around agricultural operations, pathways leading to and around bathrooms and drinking water stations,
inside bathrooms and storage areas – 5 foot-candles. — Intermittently exposed points of operation or moving parts of machinery, or using tools that can potentially cause cuts, lacerations or punctures – 10 foot-candles. — Performing maintenance work on equipment – 20 foot-candles. — Note: The illumination levels can be provided by the use of one or more light sources including hands-free portable lighting (e.g. headlamp), equipment-mounted lighting or other sources. ¡ At the beginning of every shift, a safety meeting must be held to inform employees of location of restrooms, drinking water, break areas, bodies of water and high traffic areas. ¡ Employers must provide and require workers to wear high-visibility garments. For questions or additional information, please contact the CCGGA office at 559-252-0684. This information was originally published in the July 2020 issue of the CCGGA newsletter.
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