SACRAMENTO – The letter Cal-OSHA sends to insured high hazard employers—those with the highest incidence of preventable injuries and illnesses and workers’ compensation losses expressed by experience modification rates well above 1.25—asks them to provide seven items: +Analysis as to why losses have been high; +A copy of the 1994 OSHA 200 log and summary; …
SACRAMENTO – The following subjects will be considered by ad noc advisory committees convened to consider revisions to Cal-OSHA safety orders in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. +Review of First Aid Regulations: June 8, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 2100 Katella Ave., Suite 115, Anaheim. For information, contact Tam Smalstig, DOSH Special …
SAN DIEGO – At the May 4 Cal-OSHA Advisory Committee meeting, Chief John Howard responded to the assertions made in the SEIU (Service Employees International Union) report. (See “Appeals Board Is Whacking Penalties” on NEWS p. 00-6197.) The SEIU report concentrated on the disposition of so-called jumbo cases—138 Cal-OSHA cases in the last four years …
SAN DIEGO – A recent Appeals Board ALJ decision may be of interest to readers with concerns about the bloodborne pathogens standard (Title 8 5193). In Big Valley Dental Center, a 35-page decision summarized in this week’s COR as Digest 18,704, Judge Manuel M. Melgoza ruled that an accident or other exposure to bloodborne pathogens …
SAN DIEGO – SB 996 (Lockyer and Leonard) has reached the Senate Appropriations Committee and its prospects look good, COR was told by staffers Steve Coony and Neil Burraston. The amendments agreed to by employer and employee groups, insurers and the Department of Industrial Relations were in print on May 17. The bill will add …
SAN DIEGO – The latest activities of the High Hazard Employer (HHE) Program were discussed at the May meeting of the Cal-OSHA Advisory Committee. Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard said a statewide Fall Injury Prevention Program had just been started. The HHE Program is composed of both consultative and compliance activities. It was established by enactment …
SAN DIEGO – Advisory committee meetings have been held to prepare the tuberculosis standard for the board. Ciofalo did not know if any more meetings were scheduled. NOTIFICATION OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY DOSH will have to redefine the need for an employer to make immediate notification from 24 hours to eight hours, to be …
SAN DIEGO – The USEPA, Fed-OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, at a three-day workshop here May 8-10, considered chronic inhalation toxicity and carcinogenicity testing of respirable fibrous particles. The issue is potential development of respiratory diseases, including cancer, from chronic inhalation exposure. “Many …