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Risk Factors Associated With Hiv Transmission to – Health Care Workers

BERKELEY – An international study headed by Denise M. Cardo of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control determined that HIV seroconversion in health care workers was most likely if there were: “Deep injury, injury with a device that was visibly contaminated with the source patient’s blood, procedures involving a needle placed in the source patient’s … Read More »

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IAQ Guidebook for Hospitals

BERKELEY – The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) has issued an indoor air quality guide for health care facilities. Its purpose is to provide those who deal with employee safety, infection control and facility management with an understanding of IAQ issues. Its editor is Wayne Hansen. To order A Guide to … Read More »

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Date Set for K&L Plating Criminal Trial

LOS ANGELES – Alameda County District Attorney Larry Blazer has the date of January 12, 1998, set for the trial of Robert McSkimming, owner of K&L Plating, and his foreman. Among the charges, filed in connection with the death of a K&L employee in Oakland in 1993, are manslaughter, gross negligence, violation of Cal-OSHA confined … Read More »

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Statewide Smoking Ban – for Bars, Taverns and Gaming Clubs in 1998

LOS ANGELES – Assembly Bill 13, signed by Governor Wilson in 1994, added new 6404.5 to the California Labor Code, essentially creating a statewide workplace smoking ban. A temporary exemption was created for bars, taverns and gaming clubs. It expires on January 1, 1998 (unless the legislature can pull a rabbit out of a hat … Read More »

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Body Belts and Fall Protection in Construction

LOS ANGELES – Fed-OSHA has announced that, as of January 1, 1998, body belts will no longer be acceptable in fall arrest systems for construction workers. Also on that date, locking snap hooks must be used in personal fall arrest systems. The two provisions are part of the final rule in subpart M for fall … Read More »

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Prevention and Return to Work (Part 1)

OAKLAND, CA – The State Compensation Insurance Fund/Kaiser Permanente Alliance, on November 18, crammed a great deal of valuable information into three hours—and the 200 who attended the conference paid no registration fee. RJ Banks, SCIF’s highly regarded ergonomics consultant, spoke first. Her subject was preventing back injuries at the worksite. She illustrated with slides … Read More »

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Prevention and Return to Work (Part 2)

OAKLAND, CA – “By controlling your claims, you control your costs,” Shearer said. If workers’ comp claims go down, that reduces your experience modification as well as the amount of litigation. Because workers’ comp attorneys work on a contingent fee basis, “they kind of encourage illness behavior while workers’ comp doctors want people to get … Read More »

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January 15 Standards Board Agenda

OAKLAND, CA – Proposed revisions to General Industry Safety Orders for industrial trucks will be given a public hearing at the January 15, 1998, meeting and hearing of the Cal-OSH Standards Board. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the California State Building, 107 South Broadway, Los Angeles. RIDERLESS HIGH-LIFT STRADDLE … Read More »

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