SAN FRANCISCO – WHAT ABOUT SELF-INSUREDS? Dr. Howard said that part of the HHEP is essentially on ice until a better way is found to identify them by both severity and frequency. The initial proposed list was rejected because the formula was severity-based. Even so, he told COR, DOSH got about a 30% response to …
SAN FRANCISCO – VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS: Barish said the small employer voluntary compliance program will be revamped to give problem employers a chance to apply. It is for sites with under 250 employees and has 25 or 30 participants. The cooperative self-inspection program, open to any size employer, has four participants. It is going to …
SACRAMENTO – The three forms included in this week’s issue, 70-001 to -003, should be filed directly behind the FORMS tab in your binder. You may notice that the page number prefixes, 70-, do not match the numbers on the other pages in the FORMS section. This is because the older pages have not been …
SACRAMENTO – The Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s Policy and Procedure Manual sets down the rules of the road for Cal-OSHA inspections. It has been thoroughly revised and updated and training for compliance people is under way. Three of the many forms inspectors must use may be helpful for employers to consult. We include …
SACRAMENTO – The U.S. Postal Service has issued a 55 cent stamp to honor Dr. Alice Hamilton, a pioneer occupational health specialist and the author of a notable autobiography titled Exploring the Dangerous Trades. Hamilton was born in 1869 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and died in 1970 at the age of 101. She received an …
SACRAMENTO – The Cal-OSH Standards Board will hold its regular monthly meeting and hearing on September 21 at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the California State Building, 107 South Broadway, Los Angeles. Five revisions of existing Title 8 safety standards are set for public hearing. The first four are the result of a letter …
SACRAMENTO – Ad hoc advisory committees have been convened to consider revisions to sets of Cal-OSHA safety orders in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. Articles 7 and 8 of the Elevator Safety Orders will be reviewed September 26-27 at 10 a.m. at 2424 Arden Way in Sacramento. The contact is Jim Meyer, …
SACRAMENTO – Labor Code 3201.5 took effect in September 1993. It permits certain employers and construction unions to use collective bargaining agreements to resolve workers’ compensation claims by means of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), provided certain conditions are met. To date, 11,000 workers will be covered. As of August 28, 1995, the Division of Workers’ …