5/27/2011
Mark Kernes reports in AVN: "Draft" of rule requiring "barrier protection" in hardcore is floated "for discussion
LOS ANGELES—The California Division of Occupational Safety & Health's Senior Safety Engineer Deborah Gold today released what is described as "a draft provided solely for the purposes of facilitating discussion at the June 7, 2011 meeting" of the Cal/OSHA Subcommittee on Control Measures—but if this is actually the starting point for the discussion, the adult movie and internet industry is already in deep trouble.
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1. Where occupational exposure remains after institution of engineering and work practice controls, the employer shall provide, at no cost to the employee, appropriate personal protective equipment such as, but not limited to, condoms, gloves, and eye protection. Personal protective equipment will be considered 'appropriate' only if it does not permit blood or OPIM—STI to pass through to or reach the employee's work clothes, street clothes, undergarments, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous membranes under normal conditions of use and for the duration of time which the protective equipment will be used...
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To take part in that discussion, just set aside Tuesday, June 7 and plan to be at 100 S. Main Street in downtown LA—and be prepared to fight for your livelihood!
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