SAN FRANCISCO – The October 19 meeting and hearing of the Cal-OSH Standards Board will be held in Oakland beginning at 10 a.m. The new site is the CalTrans state building at 111 Grand Avenue. After the public meeting, the board will hold a public hearing to consider testimony on two sets of proposed changes …
SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Industrial Relations examined the 1994 fatality census by the Division of Labor Statistics and Research and found some good news. “First, the total number of workplace fatalities in California declined last year. Second, assaults and other violent acts did not account for the leading cause of workplace fatalities, as …
SAN FRANCISCO – From the Waterton/Glacier Guide comes practical advice about Hantavirus. Here it is, from the summer/1995 guide to Glacier National Park. “Deer mice and other rodents (including ground squirrels) are possible carriers of a newly-recognized acute respiratory disease. It affects the lungs and is caused by a virus of the Hantavirus family. The …
SAN FRANCISCO – IAQ ’95 (Indoor Air Quality) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Denver from October 22-24. Subjects to be covered include sick building syndrome, ventilation, Legionella (monitoring and health aspects) and how to filter environmental tobacco smoke (smokeless shrouds, smoking rooms, smoking zones). Among the sponsors are the Sheet …
SAN FRANCISCO – California State Polytechnic University, having created an Internet home page, asked us to correct a typo that may have blocked some readers’ access to it. In the story on NEWS p. 00-6278, we gave the address as: http://www.cuspomona.ed/ehs. The “cus,” of course, should be csu for California State University. An eagle-eyed reader …
SAN FRANCISCO – Brentwood Entertainment Insurance Brokers has a position open to provide loss control services to clients. Candidates should have 10 years’ experience and familiarity with many aspects of the entertainment business, including motion pictures and theme parks; CSP status would be a plus. Send rsum to: RHH/Albert G. Ruben Ins. Services, Attn: Joann …
SACRAMENTO – The dangers of working in confined spaces were illustrated vividly by three recent accidents. On August 1 in Los Angeles two Japanese nationals were critically burned in a flash fire while they were inside a tank applying a sealant. Cal-OSHA has concluded its investigation of that accident and issued citations. (See separate story.) …
SACRAMENTO – An explosion and fire August 1 inside a metal tank in downtown Los Angeles left two workers with burns over most of their bodies. One is still in a hospital, on a respirator. The other has been released. The accident occurred at 3:47 p.m. at CSM Metal Fabricating and Engineering on South San …