SACRAMENTO – The Cal-OSH Standards Board has announced that the following subjects will be considered by an ad hoc advisory committee convened either by the Board or by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. (DOSH reviews health standards, pressure vessel and elevator standards and mining and tunneling regs.) Here are the revisions to safety …
SAN RAMON, CA – A new section has been added to the Labor Code. Headed “Notice to Employee Crime Victims,” it requires every employer subject to workers’ compensation law to “give any employee who is a victim of a crime that occurred at the employee’s place of employment written notice that (he or she) is …
SACRAMENTO – On January 30, for the third time in four years, a battery of attorneys representing labor, the Cal-OSH Standards Board and the California and American Trucking Associations, appeared before Superior Court Judge James Ford. The issue continues to be what Title 8 5110, repetitive motion injuries (RMIs, or ergonomics) requires. For the third …
SAN RAMON, CA – During the month of February, employers with 11 or more employees must post, from the Cal-OSHA Form 200, the summary of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 1997, according to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The requirement for employers to post the injury and illness summary on the employee …
SAN RAMON, CA – Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard has announced the appointment of Andy Morita to the position of manager of the San Bernardino District Office. Morita joined Cal-OSHA in 1990 as an associate industrial hygienist in the San Bernardino office. From 1994 to the present he has served as senior IH for the High …
SACRAMENTO – Psychologist Corey Bercun is Fred Walter’s partner in San Francisco-based Workplace Crisis Solutions Group. They spoke at the ASSE seminar in San Ramon on January 22. Bercun noted that attackers are likely to be customers, while harassers are more likely to be bosses. “It’s a myth that people snap suddenly,” he said. “They …
SACRAMENTO – Following an adverse ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, OSHA indicated that it will consider initiating rulemaking to resolve issues raised in the Union Tank case. While California long ago established that the employer must pay for PPE, OSHA has not clearly enunciated what is meant by “provide” in 1910.132(a). …
SACRAMENTO – STEEL ERECTION: Fed-OSHA’s first effort at “negotiated rulemaking” came with establishment of the steel erection advisory committee. That was some time ago. The members met a number of times before agreeing on a new steel erection fall protection standard for subpart R of CFR 1926, with thresholds set at 15 and 30 feet. …