There are seven new workplace fatalities under investigation, five of them allegedly COVID-related. The non-COVID fatalities include: A fall from the same level in Irvine. An employee of the City of Irvine fell while walking, was transported to the hospital, but died from the injuries. In Bakersfield, an employee of Rosas Corp. was struck by …
A labor-management group is proposing a new approach for COVID regulations in the workplace. It could supplant Cal/OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) and a proposed permanent standard, and instead, making public health guidelines enforceable. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board says this practice is not allowed. But Western Steel Council proposes to make it legal by tying …
The Associated General Contractors of California has honored two managers at Kiewit Infractructure West for stellar safety contributions. AGC announced the individual and company honorees at its recent general meeting. Coverage of the company awards will be in the next edition of Cal-OSHA Reporter. Neil Gibson, longtime California safety manager for Kiewit, is named Safety …
There are seven new workplace fatalities under investigation, including two where the proximate cause is alleged to be COVID. The non-COVID fatalities include: Two fatal falls. In Calabasas, an employee of an as-yet unidentified employer fell from an A-frame ladder into a pool while trimming hedges. The official cause of death was drowning. At the …
Despite numerous lawsuits filed against Fed-OSHA’s proposed COVID vaccine mandate, Cal/OSHA is moving quickly to adopt the federal requirements. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board quickly put the adoption on the agenda for its November 18th meeting. The proposal would add new sections to the existing emergency temporary standard, including General Industry Safety Orders §§ 3205.5-8. But …
It’s a pre-Thanksgiving tradition for retail employers to caution employees about protecting employees during Black Friday shopping events. Increased focus on shopping safety for employees was due to a deadly incident in 2008 that killed a retail employee when a crush of shoppers trapped him. Click here to see our previous coverage of Black Friday …
Here are settlements stemming from fatalities that occurred in 2016, 2017 2018 and 2019. Employers settled in ranges from zero to 75% of the proposed penalties. The Appeals Board approved these settlements in October. Here are the cases: Sully-Miller Contracting Co.: The employee was working in a 7-1/2-foot-deep trench on a highway project when a …