Arco’s Stop Crime Program Interests Cal-OSHA

SACRAMENTO - ARCO Petroleum has 1,400 mini-marts, Smog Pros or gas stations in five western states. Over 900 are AM-PMs that have, since 1980, provided customers with 24-hour service (and robbers with new opportunities). Under Chief John Howard's direction, Cal-OSHA is taking an active interest in workplace violence as a global issue. When ARCO offered to explain to Cal-OSHA managers what it is doing about Type I incidents, such as armed robbery, Cal-OSHA accepted. Darrell Johnson made the presentation