BURBANK – This week we begin summaries of Appeals Board decisions issued in 1998. All Decisions from 1197, pages 40-3347 to 40-3468, 19,053 to 19,230, should be removed to a separate binder. Do not discard them. You can search all COR Decisions back to 1974 on our Internet site (www.cal-osha.com) by employer name, word or …
BURBANK – Recently, an irate Dana Point smoker was convicted of disturbing the peace at a nearby bar because of how he reacted after he was asked to put out his cigarette. Craig Etling was fined $270 and sentenced to three days of collecting cigarette butts and other litter from the harbor area near the …
BURBANK – “Anxious in San Francisco” e-mailed us after reading about the death of the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center lab technician whose eye was splashed with a monkey’s body fluid. We said (NEWS p. 00-6917) that she died of a fatal herpes B virus infection. Encephalitis was what killed her. Death by herpes B? …
BURBANK – The Consultation Service story on page 00-6915 lists phone numbers for several offices. However, those are fax numbers, it turns out. Here are the numbers for those who want to call Consultation: Sacramento – 916-263-2855 San Mateo – 650-573-3862 San Diego – 619-467-4048 San Fernando Valley – 213-736-2187
BURBANK – The Center for Office Technology in Alexandria, VA, is intensely interested in what the scope of Fed-OSHA’s ergonomics proposal may be. After COT looked at the Bureau of Labor Statistics data on disabling illnesses and injuries in the private sector in 1996, it went to the BLS web site and dug out two …
BURBANK – On May 13, Fed-OSHA cited the John A. Bellavia Construction Co. in Delray Beach, Florida, for using untrained laborers rather than an asbestos removal contractor to perform demolition work. Penalties totaling $100,800 were proposed for two alleged willful and four alleged serious violations of asbestos removal standards. The inspection by OSHA’s Fort Lauderdale …
BURBANK – The California Lead Accreditation & Certification Program began in June 1994; final regulations took effect on April 5, 1995. New childhood lead poisoning prevention legislation gave the Department of Health Services (DHS) authority to create a program that accredits lead-related construction providers and certifies lead-related construction tradespeople. Cal-OSHA has a special emphasis program …
BURBANK – Cal-OSHA launched a special emphasis program (SEP) for lead in construction in November 1996. The following year, 206 citations for violations of 1532.1, lead, were written. Cal-OSHA has declared lead in construction a high hazard industry. It puts the focus on work involving steel structures, “where workers are exposed to lead during abrasive …