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Worker Protection and Antimicrobial Products

SAN FRANCISCO – A leaflet the CalEPA’s pesticide enforcement branch sent to county agricultural commissioners (CACs) will, Cal-OSHA hopes, keep CACs from inspecting and citing bars and restaurants for use of antimicrobial products (disinfectants, sanitizers and medical sterilants). It is dated July 1994. The leaflet explains that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health is … Read More »

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Three Construction Groups Qualify for – Workers’ Comp Adr

SAN FRANCISCO – Industrial Relations Director Lloyd Aubry has sent “letters of eligibility” to three groups of construction industry employers and unions to inform them that they qualify to participate in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) plans for workers’ compensation claims. In addition to the ADR process, new Labor Code 3201.5 (added last year by SB … Read More »

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Subcontractor and Owner – Penalized $812,000 After Fatal Fall

SAN FRANCISCO – Gethmann Construction, the sub-contractor, and Cargill, Inc., owner of a wet corn milling plant under construction and general contractor for the project, have been cited by Fed-OSHA following investigation of the April 27 death of a construction worker in Blair, Nebraska. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $742,000 against Gethmann and $70,000 against Cargill … Read More »

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Ada Guidance Is Coming

SAN FRANCISCO – For employers, compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) has been annoying and frustrating. For the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which must enforce the act, it has been a tremendous generator of work. There is a backlog of 95,000 ADA complaints. There may be a turn for the better in … Read More »

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Governor Appoints Hlawek to Commission

SAN DIEGO – Governor Pete Wilson has appointed James J. Hlawek to the Commission on Health, Safety and Workers’ Compensation. Hlawek, a Redlands resident, is administrative officer for San Bernardino County. He is also an adjunct professor at Cal State University, San Bernardino, teaching graduate courses in personnel management, public budgeting and labor relations. The … Read More »

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Hs&WC Commission Awards Nine Training Grants

SAN DIEGO – The new California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation reviewed 91 applications and has now awarded grants totaling $503,655.87 to nine employer and employee organizations to expand the effectiveness of occupational injury and illness prevention programs. The commission made the final cuts following a public meeting November 10 in San … Read More »

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Construction People Tell Osb of Their Objections – to Revised Tunnel Orders

SAN DIEGO – At its November 17 public hearing, the Cal-OSH Standards Board heard so many adverse comments about the re-structured tunnel safety orders for underground construction that it decided to turn them over to an advisory committee. The tunnel orders and confined space requirements in shipyard operations (General Industry Article 108, 5156, and Shipbuilding … Read More »

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Willful Recordkeeping Violations

SAN DIEGO – Fed-OSHA, following a company-wide inspection of records that ENR (Engineering News-Record) says was “prodded along by the carpenters’ union”, has charged BE & K Construction Co. of Birmingham, Alabama, with eight willful violations for failure to keep records of injuries and illnesses. The proposed penalty of $560,000 is the largest in the … Read More »

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