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. …
FRESNO – Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory has a Staff Scientist 2 position in the Environment Health and Safety Division, which provides support service to LBL’s Advanced Light Source. Applicants must have a BS/MS in science or engineering (or equivalent), demonstrated ability to develop and administer EH&S programs in high technology or research and development, years of …
FRESNO – Since July, the Cal-OSHA High Hazard Units in northern and southern California have performed about 70 comprehensive (wall-to-wall) inspections in the electroplating industry. “Very comprehensive,” said District Manager Lee Klein. “Pretty amazing when you consider that we started in mid-July and are not fully staffed yet.” In a few cases, she said, they …
FRESNO – The vastly expensive L.A. subway project is currently being scrutinized by the US Department of Transportation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state legislators and the Los Angeles Times, as well as both Cal-OSHA and Fed-OSHA. Many contractors and subs have been hired to work on various segments of the system. The immediate problem …
FRESNO – When the Cal-OSH Standards Board meets November 17 in San Diego for its public meeting, hearing and business meeting (closed to public comment), the stamina of its two new members will be put to the test. Besides holding a public meeting for comments on two sets of revisions to safety standards in Title …
FRESNO – Industrial Relations Director Lloyd Aubry officially opened the new Cal-OSHA Consultation office in Anaheim on October 13. (The office had been there, but in temporary quarters.) The Consultation Service operates independently of Cal-OSHA enforcement. Consultants do not issue citations or levy penalties for non-compliance with state safety and health regulations. Their role is …
FRESNO – On October 3, Industrial Relations Director Lloyd Aubry (the state plan designee) sent to Regional Administrator Frank Strasheim the official reply to the requirements and recommendations of Fed-OSHA’s 1993 annual evaluation of California’s occupational safety and health program. Concerning standards, Aubry said the state, with the help of AB 1968, will find it …
FRESNO – On October 20, Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard told the Assembly labor committee he thought passage of Ballot Proposition 188, the California Uniform Tobacco Control Act, would confuse the regulated public and create extra work for Cal-OSHA compliance without protecting building occupants from adverse health effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Tobacco companies are …