SAN FRANCISCO – On August 7 Cal-OSHA’s Mining and Tunneling Unit issued citations and penalties in the amount of $70,750 to SKK in the aftermath of the investigation of the sinkhole incident and tunnel cave-in that occurred on June 22 on Hollywood Boulevard. (NEWS p. 00-6231.) The following day, the Senate Transportation Committee held a …
SAN FRANCISCO – Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations consists of safety and health standards applicable across the board (horizontal standards) and those written for particular industries (construction, pressure vessels, elevators, etc.). The latter are termed vertical standards. P&P C-2, part of the Policy & Procedure Manual, the book to which all Cal-OSHA …
SAN FRANCISCO – We may have provided readers with an overly brief description of a petition decision approved by the Cal-OSH Standards Board at its July 20 business meeting. (NEWS p. 00-6254.) Ms. Bo Bradley from HMH Contractors asked that we clarify the request made in the petition, which was that Construction 1675(k) be revised …
SAN FRANCISCO – A report produced by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) is titled “Cumulative Injuries and Specific Injuries in California.” The report notes that it is difficult to separate cumulative injuries from occupational diseases, but that ODs are a subset. Relying on data from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), CWCI research …
SAN FRANCISCO – Michael J. McClain has been appointed general counsel of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. McClain has been both an applicant and defense attorney. He spent the past 13 years at Industrial Indemnity, first as claims counsel and then in the office of the general counsel. He has also been a member of …
SAN FRANCISCO – At the beginning of next month, we will again publish an updated version of the Trainers & Consultants List, DIRECTORY pages 50-011 and -012. If you wish to be on the list (there is no charge) or have corrections to make to an existing listing, please fax the information to 510-530-1047 no …
SAN FRANCISCO – On August 8, a municipal court judge moved the K & L Plating case to superior court for trial. “He held them to answer on all three counts,” Deputy District Attorney Larry Blazer told COR. The charges against owner Robert McSkimming and foreman Victor Oropeza are manslaughter (two) and reckless handling of …
SAN FRANCISCO – At 5:30 a.m. on August 2, under the direction of Labor Commissioner Victoria Bradshaw, members of the latest TIPP (Targeted Industries Partnership Program) sweep descended on an El Monte clothing factory in which more than 60 Thai immigrants were imprisoned in a barred apartment complex, behind an electric gate topped with barbed …