SAN FRANCISCO – A lost-time accident in Martinez, CA, caused by inadvertent mixing of incompatible chemicals prompted the Contra Costa County Health Department to call in the district attorney’s office. Subsequently, the DA charged the employer, Arrow Transportation Company of Portland, OR, with criminal misdemeanor violation of Penal Code 387, the Corporate Criminal Liability Act. …
SAN FRANCISCO – Start-up dates for complying with most provisions of the new Fed-OSHA asbestos standards have been extended to July 10. However, the new exposure limit of .10 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc), which took effect October 11, 1994, is not being delayed. “We want to ensure that employers and employees have sufficient time …
SACRAMENTO – Accomplished speakers presented material of considerable interest to safety professionals March 1 at the America West Safety & Health Expo. It was too bad there were not more people there, although the workshop approach some presenters employed lent itself to small group discussions. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES: Jim Hughes, M&M Protection Consultants, San Francisco, …
SACRAMENTO – Cal-OSHA’s model Injury and Illness Prevention Program for Workplace Security was described by Dave Strickler, a compliance man pressed into service recently to replace Michael Alvarez of the Cal-OSHA Consultation Service, who had been called to jury duty. The forum was the America West Safety and Health Expo. COR sat in on a …
SACRAMENTO – The Cal-OSH Standards Board will meet at 10 a.m. on April 20 in the auditorium at 1416 Ninth St., Sacramento. After the public meeting to receive comments from interested persons on any item about occupational safety and health, the board will hold a public hearing on proposed revisions to two safety orders that …
SACRAMENTO – Bewildered by the ins and outs of the 1993 workers’ compensation reform laws? The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has developed a resource library of reference tools that were designed by industry experts as course material for its ongoing series of educational programs. They can help workers’ compensation professionals understand their new responsibilities, …
SACRAMENTO – Barclays, which publishes Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations and other parts of CCR as well as official decisions of certain U.S. courts of appeals, was acquired on February 17 by Bancroft-Whitney, whose product line until now has been civil, not administrative, law reports. The enlarged operation will absorb all of …
SACRAMENTO – In last week’s story titled “Mothers of Young Children at Risk,” an unfortunate typo crept in. Age was mentioned as a strong contributing factor to job injuries—but not over age 59. It should have been over 50 (for those caring for grandchildren). .ENDSECTION