SAN FRANCISCO – Joseph Dear, who heads OSHA, has responded to threats and imprecations from Republicans in Congress and business interests by announcing that now is not a good time to issue a repetitive stress injury standard. “In the face of congressional intervention in OSHA standard setting, it is not possible now to publish a …
SAN FRANCISCO – The Cal-OSH Standards Board has been sent a draft ergo regulation, proposed General Industry 5110. It reads: “(a) Effective ———–, a workplace hazard of repetitive motion shall be addressed in an employer’s injury and illness prevention program pursuant to 8 CCR 3203. “(b) For purposes of this section, a ‘workplace hazard of …
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its breakdown of some of the leading characteristics of disabling work injuries and illnesses in 1993. The findings are drawn from the 1993 national survey of 250,000 employers’ reports in private industry. By means of a number of charts and tables, the BLS report …
SAN FRANCISCO – A hard-hitting booklet produced by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) describes the nursing home industry as “the most dangerous fast-growing industry in the United States.” Nurse aides provide most of the care in nursing homes. They are disproportionately female, earn poverty-scale wages and “are injured at an alarming rate of over …
SAN FRANCISCO – Standards development, consultation activities and legislation were covered at the June 1 meeting of the Cal-OSHA Advisory Committee but were not included in last week’s news story because of space limitations. Les Michael reported on standards research and development. He said the review of first aid regulations was continuing. The California Medical …
SAN JOSE – ERGOCON ’95, the ergonomics conference presented by San Jose State University’s Silicon Valley Ergonomics Institute May 21-24. offered a number of excellent speakers and a very helpful Proceedings book that included summaries of many of the talks. Chief John Howard of Cal-OSHA gave a keynote speech, and on the following day, Drs. …
SAN JOSE – SAFE SCHOOL PROJECT: Project “SAFE” was designed for Fullerton Joint Union High School District employees and funded with a 1993 grant from the Department of Industrial Relations’ Commission on Health and Safety. Like most training materials available from the commission, the Project “SAFE” product is not copyrighted. Borrowers can reproduce the materials …
SAN JOSE – The Loss Control Certification Unit of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health is located in Suite 2006, 30 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. The correct phone number for the LCCU is 415-557-8270. (Last week we printed manager Bill Van Cleve’s direct line. Sorry about that.) .ENDSECTION