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 …
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 …
OAKLAND, CA – +January 6—Approval of Asbestos Training and Course Providers, proposed new 341.16 in Title 8, California Code of Regulations. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health will hold a public hearing on January 6, 1998, at 10 a.m. in the 11th Floor Conference Room at 45 Fremont St., San Francisco. To obtain a …
SAN FRANCISCO – Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard and Appeals Board Chairman James Gazdecki enlivened the noon hour with luncheon speeches to the California Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC) on November 17. Howard said he had been asked to discuss the past, present and future of the Cal-OSHA program—a daunting task. “In the past, I have often …
SAN FRANCISCO – Aaron K. Trippler is director of government affairs for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). While he was in San Francisco to give a legislative and regulatory update to the California Industrial Hygiene Council, he talked to COR about OSHA reform “Senator Lott (the Republican leader) is on board with the Enzi …
SAN FRANCISCO – Fed-OSHA, with the help of industry, labor and other agencies, has announced plans to put new informational materials on preventing silicosis into the hands of thousands of workers at risk for this serious lung disease. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman says that each year, more than 250 American workers die with silicosis. …
SAN FRANCISCO – Chevron hired Pool Company to close down an oil well in Huntington Beach. The contract contained an express indemnity provision that required Pool to indemnify Chevron against all liability for injury to a Pool employee. Ralph Redfeather, who worked for Pool, was injured when piping and other equipment fell on him after …
SAN FRANCISCO – A construction worker in Durham, North Carolina, fell 30 feet from the roof of an elementary school and was impaled on a piece of lumber sticking from the ground. He is expected to recover completely. Lee Hooks, 37, fell onto the 2-by-4 on November 9 when he apparently slipped on a safety …