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Asse SF Chapter Offers Pdc With – Emphasis on Workers’ Compensation

SACRAMENTO – On May 22, at the Holiday Inn, 1800 Powell St., Emeryville, the San Francisco Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers will host a day-long professional development conference centered on workers’ compensation issues. Cal-OSHA Counsel Len Welsh and Consultant Mario Feletto will start the day with a rulemaking update on the proposed … Read More »

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More Wins for Lawyers Pursuing Prop. 65

SACRAMENTO – Unless manufacturers of diesel engines used in construction and other off-road equipment agreed to join four major diesel engine makers by March 28, they risked becoming targets of a Prop. 65 lawsuit based on the cancer hazards of diesel engine exhausts. Regardless, the Pacific Justice Center in Redway, CA, has been awarded $280,000 … Read More »

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Events of Interest From COEH

SACRAMENTO – The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of California has announced two important upcoming events. June 26-27, the subject will be “The Control of Occupational Tuberculosis.” The course is designed to help occupational safety and health professionals, hospital infection control practitioners and agency administrators. There will be an update from … Read More »

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Cal-OSHA’s Audio-Visual Catalog

SACRAMENTO – The Cal-OSHA Consultation Service’s audio-visual catalog was recently revised and reordered by subject title. It now has over 400 videos, which are available for borrowing at no charge. Requests for the catalog should be sent, with a self-addressed envelope and $1.41 for postage, to: Cal-OSHA Consultation A/V CATALOG, Room 5246, 455 Golden Gate … Read More »

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Huge Demand for H&s Commission – Grant Products

LOS ANGELES – Demand far exceeds supply for borrowing products from past recipients of Health and Safety Commission training grants. At present, there are 33 finished products available, but only one or two copies of each, so there is a substantial waiting list. As reconstituted, the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation … Read More »

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New Directory Pages on Hold

LOS ANGELES – At the request of both Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard and Division of Occupational Safety and Health Staff Services Manager Ed Callanan, we are going to hold off publishing an update of Directory pages 50-001 through 50-006, the list of state and federal agency personnel and phone numbers and other health and safety … Read More »

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Judge Ford Sets 30 Day Deadline for Ergo Estimates

LOS ANGELES – Saying he was “loath to make an order that says obey the statute” when the deadline for passage was January 1, Superior Court Judge James Ford told the parties before him on April 21 that he wanted each side to estimate how long it would take to enact an ergonomics standard. Attorneys … Read More »

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IIPP Records Need Only Be Kept for One Year

SACRAMENTO – At its brief April 20 meeting, the Cal-OSH Standards Board heard no comments from the public on proposed changes to recordkeeping requirements of General Industry 3203, the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). The revised language for subsections (b)(l), (b)(2) and (c)(2) of 3203 were drafted by staff at the board’s direction. There … Read More »

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