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Consultants Needed

SAN FRANCISCO – EORM, Inc., an environmental health and safety consulting firm in San Jose specializing in services to high technology industries, is recruiting for three positions: +Environmental project manager with knowledge of state and federal air, water and hazardous waste regulations, 5-plus years of experience and a BS in chemistry or mechanical/chemical/environmental engineering. +Ergonomics/human … Read More »

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Thirteen Most Frequently Cited Cal-OSHA Standards

FRESNO – The Cal-OSHA Program Office decided it was time to review which Title 8 standards were cited most frequently by Cal-OSHA inspectors in the last four years. The tables produced break down standards allegedly violated by major part (safety order section number), by allover total citations, and in a number of other ways. The … Read More »

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Fiery Refinery Explosion Injures 28

FRESNO – Investigators believe a pipe flange from which fuel escaped was the source of a gas explosion and fire at the Mobil refinery in Torrance the afternoon of October 19. Twenty-eight workers were injured, according to The Los Angeles Times, and seven were still hospitalized two days later, most with burns or inhalation injuries. … Read More »

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Continuing Interest in Workplace Violence

FRESNO – Concerns about workplace violence and how to prevent it show no signs of abating. Cal-OSHA is expecting well over 500 people for its November 3 workplace security conference in San Francisco. It is the second this year. It will tackle non-fatal as well as fatal assaults. In a major article on October 13, … Read More »

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News From Fed-OSHA (2)

FRESNO – LOGGING OPERATIONS: The final standard specifying safety requirements for all logging operations regardless of end use (saw logs, veneer bolts, pulpwood, chips, etc.) appeared in the Federal Register on October 12. February 9, 1995, will be the effective date for all its requirements. The standard replaces existing 29 CFR 1910.266 and supplements other … Read More »

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Both Cal-OSHA and Fed-OSHA Cite Skk – After L.a. Tunnel Accident

FRESNO – Both Cal-OSHA and Fed-OSHA on October 25 issued citations to Shea-Kiewit-Kenny upon completion of their joint investigation of the July 18 tunnel explosion on the Los Angeles Metro Rail project. Fed-OSHA issued one citation for a willful violation; Cal-OSHA issued five willful/serious violations as well as nine serious. Total penalties came to $447,125. … Read More »

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Skk Faces Penalties of Over One Million Dollars

FRESNO – In the last three months, penalties proposed against Shea-Kiewit-Kenny (SKK) for violations of state and federal safety standards have topped one million dollars. The first citation and penalty, issued July 29, was from Cal-OSHA – $301,675 for a runaway locomotive accident; on August 3, Cal-OSHA’s Mining and Tunneling Unit proposed a penalty of … Read More »

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Two More Million-Dollar Penalties

FRESNO – Fed-OSHA has proposed million dollar penalties against employers in Louisiana and Florida. After a health inspection of Southern Scrap Materials Company in Baton Rouge that began in April, the Feds issued citations and proposed penalties of $2,026,700 for alleged employee overexposures to lead and cadmium and a wide variety of other safety hazards. … Read More »

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