SAN FRANCISCO – Randy Hogan is the “policyholder ombudsman” at the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB). In a telephone interview, he explained to COR that his job is to provide help for workers’ comp policyholders who are annoyed or puzzled about something their carrier has or has not done. “If there’s a problem, it’s …
SAN FRANCISCO – The president, the vice president, Labor Secretary Reich and Assistant Secretary for OSHA Joseph Dear chose a visit to a local sheet metal manufacturer to announce a new approach to protecting the health and safety of workers, based on expanding the “Maine 200” program. At the May 16 news conference, President Clinton …
SAN FRANCISCO – At their June 1 meeting, Cal-OSHA advisors were briefed on the Loss Control Certification Unit (LCCU), Fed-OSHA initiatives and progress toward an ergonomic standard. They were introduced to Dave Bare, the manager of the Cal-OSHA Consultation Service, and learned that the Cal-OSH Appeals Board anticipates receiving 5,000 appeals from employers this year. …
SAN FRANCISCO – He then introduced Connie Hunt, OSHA Region IX assistant administrator for Cal-OSHA. “We have a very cooperative relationship with California,” she said. Hunt said it was too early for people in the region to comment on any of the initiatives. As to budget cuts, OSHA is okay for the last three months …
SAN FRANCISCO – In the much discussed Electromation decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that an employee participation program established by the Elkhart, IN, company violated labor law because it was illegally dominated by management. Electromation is a non-union company. The committee dealt with safety and health issues. The company appealed the NLRB …
LOS ANGELES – On May 26, Superior Court Judge James Ford ordered the Cal-OSH Standards Board to draft an ergonomics standard within six months and enact it within the following 12 months. The order will be drafted by Don Carroll, the attorney for the California Labor Federation, which had petitioned the court to act. Two …
LOS ANGELES – Monfort, Inc., a subsidiary of ConAgra, pled guilty to criminal violation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration machine guarding standards on May 5, 1995, and agreed to pay combined civil and criminal penalties of $625,000, Fed-OSHA announced. A maintenance worker at the company’s Grand Island, NB, beef processing facility was killed on …
LOS ANGELES – The June 22 meeting of the Cal-OSH Standards Board will be held in the auditorium of the California State Building at 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, beginning at 10 a.m. Two items are set for public hearing. One is a minor revision of 3150 of the Passenger Tramway Safety Orders that …