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Plea to Workers’ Comp Loss Control Representatives

SACRAMENTO – To broaden its outreach to agriculture, the Cal-OSHA Consultation Service’s training and education unit is planning focus group meetings in January for farm labor contractors (FLCs). Elizabeth Manzo of the unit is asking loss control departments with agricultural accounts to encourage all interested FLCs to attend the half-day meetings tentatively scheduled for January … Read More »

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Protection for Grain Handlers

SACRAMENTO – Prompted by a death by suffocation, OSHA has issued a compliance directive that clarifies provisions of its grain handling standard. The goal is greater protection from being smothered by grain or becoming trapped when mechanical equipment is used to move the grain. The directive, CPL 2-1.4C, outlines the facilities covered by the standard … Read More »

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Loss Control Account Coordinator

SACRAMENTO – An insurance carrier is seeking to hire a person who will act as loss control account coordinator and be domiciled at the customer’s headquarters in Northridge, CA. Qualifications include five to 10 years’ experience with workers’ comp background, especially ergonomics and industrial hygiene; computer literacy (self-sufficient); ability to conduct effective training sessions; willingness … Read More »

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Hcs/Prop. 65 Comments Poured in

LOS ANGELES – Fed-OSHA received about 185 comments in response to its notice requesting comments on the California hazard communication standard, which incorporates the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, also known as Proposition 65. (A real sore point for employers is that, in addition to enforcement by Cal-OSHA citations and penalties, Prop. 65 … Read More »

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Cal-OSHA Zeroes in on Lead in Construction

LOS ANGELES – On November 1, Cal-OSHA initiated a special emphasis program for lead in construction work, viewing such work as high hazard. According to guidelines that have been prepared, “the primary focus will be construction activities involving steel structures, e.g., where workers are exposed to lead during abrasive blasting, sanding, cutting, burning, welding, painting, … Read More »

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Next Move in Ergo Standard Is up to Oal

LOS ANGELES – In its campaign against the ergonomics standard in its present form, the California Labor Federation took the first step on December 4. At a meeting of attorneys for the Cal-OSH Standards Board and the Fed, lawyers Carroll and Scully asked Judge Ford to set a hearing date. The judge called the request … Read More »

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Construction Death in Oakland

LOS ANGELES – According to newspaper reports, a 35-year-old construction worker was killed December 2 when a retaining wall collapsed on him. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at a home that was being renovated. According to a supervisor for American Medical Response, Lorenzo Padilla died almost immediately after of portion of a five-foot-tall … Read More »

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And a Near Miss at Texas a&M

LOS ANGELES – One of two cranes that were hoisting a 250-foot-long roof truss dropped its half of the load, causing the boom of the other to buckle. Amazingly, two workers at the Texas A&M University construction site received only minor injuries. One of them was dragged off the truss but was caught by his … Read More »

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