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Aiha Names Top Ten Issues for 1995 – 1996

LOS ANGELES – Tacking into the shifting political winds, the American Industrial Hygiene Association has moved indoor air quality and an ergonomics standard to seventh and eighth places on its list of 10 priority issues for the association. Professional regulation is in first place, followed by risk assessment, laboratory accreditation and OSHA re-invention, including: +Health/safety … Read More »

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States With Their Own OSHA Plans

LOS ANGELES – The following states and territories have their own OSHA-approved occupational safety and health plans. They are: Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut and New York (for public employees only), Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington and … Read More »

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Smoke-Free Workplaces

LOS ANGELES – In a recent issue we recommended a League of California Cities product as a guide to understanding AB 13, the 1994 law that prohibits smoking in enclosed places of employment. We have just been told that the guide was intended for city managers. The league doesn’t have the staff to handle requests … Read More »

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Cal-OSHA Cites Rocketdyne, Pride and Dowell Schlumberger, – Issuing 5-Digit Penalties

LOS ANGELES – Last week, Cal-OSHA completed investigations of fatal accidents at two worksites in the Ventura area—one at a rocket test site, the other in an oil field—and issued citations with large proposed penalties. EXPLOSION: On July 26, 1994, an explosion at Rockwell International’s Rocketdyne Division in Santa Susana killed two employees and critically … Read More »

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Prosecutions Under Penal Code 387

LOS ANGELES – Ever since it was put on the books in 1989, Penal Code 387, the Corporate Criminal Liability Act (or “Be a Manager, Go to Jail”) has been regarded by the business community as punitive and unnecessary. Briefly, PC 387 states that a manager who knows of a serious, concealed danger in the … Read More »

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Standards Board Hears Little Comment on – Demolition Package

LOS ANGELES – With the shadow of the writ demanding an ergonomics standard hanging over them, the members of the Cal-OSH Standards Board held a brief public meeting and hearing in Los Angeles on January 19. At the “closed session/possible litigation” that followed, they were briefed on the Petition for Alternative and Preemptory Writ of … Read More »

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Index to Vol 21 News

SAN FRANCISCO – The index to Vol 21 NEWS, pages 00-6104.1 to 00-6104.5, is included in this week’s issue. At this time, you should remove all of Vol 21, pages 00-5837 to 00-6104, from your current COR binder and place it in a separate binder, placing the index immediately after the final page. Do NOT … Read More »

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Dick Jones Retires

SAN FRANCISCO – Richard Jones, whose work with Cal-OSHA stretched over many years, has retired as manager of the Consultation Unit. Jones spent much of the last year assuring that the unit had district offices and staffs well established and well supplied. This year will see quite an increase in consultants’ work loads as they … Read More »

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