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OSHA Extends Health and Safety Training Grants – for Another Year

FRESNO – Twenty-six non-profit groups have been given $2,372,000 in extended training grants to continue their education and training programs. With OSHA funding, the grantees will develop materials and provide training on construction safety and health, ergonomics, lockout/tagout, logging safety, prevention of lifting injuries in medical care facilities, process safety management of highly dangerous chemicals … Read More »

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Model IIPP for Employers With Intermittent Workers

FRESNO – The Cal-OSHA Consultation Service has prepared an English/Spanish model IIPP (two-sided for the two languages) for employers with intermittent workers. CS-1C is available in limited quantities. The hope is that organizations will reproduce it for wider distribution. The model includes a list of training subjects for work in: agriculture production; heavy construction and … Read More »

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In Favor of Back Supports

FRESNO – After a study prompted by observation that workers in many industries are wearing back belts, a team of UCLA epidemiologists has concluded that they do reduce the number of back injuries. Researchers from the UCLA School of Public Health studied the workplace injury history of 36,000 Home Depot workers in 77 California stores … Read More »

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Reporting and Compiling Data on – Illness and Injury in the Workplace

FRESNO – ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, has a new draft standard for occupational injury and illness recordkeeping that will be available in November for review and comment. Titled American National Standard for Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance, Z16.5, it is intended to replace two earlier voluntary standards that have been withdrawn, ANSI Z16.1-1967 … Read More »

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Alternative Dispute Resolution for Construction Injuries

FRESNO – An alternative to the cumbersome traditional workers’ compensation system called the “carve-out” looks promising, according to a report to the legislature on the first full calendar year of the program designed only for unions and construction employers. It allows collective bargaining agreements to establish exclusive lists of medical providers and examiners and alternative … Read More »

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Recommendations for Improved Hazard Communication

FRESNO – In September, OSHA and NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) were given recommendations for improving hazard communication. They had been drafted by a workgroup of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health after OSHA asked NACOSH to provide recommendations in four areas: simplify material safety data sheets (MSDS), reduce … Read More »

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Agenda for November Standards Board Meeting

FRESNO – When the Cal-OSHA Standards Board meets in San Diego on November 14 (10 a.m., auditorium of the State Building at 1350 Front St.), it will hear public comments on proposed revisions of General Industry and Construction Safety Orders. Following the public meeting and public hearing, the board will conduct its monthly business meeting … Read More »

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Critics Seek Help From Feds, Cal-OSHA Advisors Told

FRESNO – Fed-OSHA is faced with fierce complaints about Cal-OSHA from two quarters, as the Cal-OSHA Advisory committee learned at its October 3 meeting here. A coalition of chemical manufacturers, alarmed about Proposition 65’s linkage to the hazard communication standard, has protested to the top dogs in the nation’s capital. OSHA responded with a call … Read More »

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