LOS ANGELES – Late in January, Executive Officer Steven Jablonsky of the Cal-OSH Standards Board sent a statement in opposition to the Third District Court of Appeal in California. He said the writ that demanded an ergonomics standard by John F. Henning, et al., was unnecessary. (See NEWS p. 00-6123.) Jablonsky told the court the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …