SAN FRANCISCO – The Cal-OSHA Consultation Service offers, along with a variety of guides to Title 8 safety and health standards, an extensive audio-visual library. Up to three tapes at a time can be reserved by letter or fax, at no charge. Some new training videotapes additions include: +Fall Protection: Ladder Safety, #302, 21 minutes; …
SAN FRANCISCO – Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard has just advised all regional, district and area managers of Cal-OSHA compliance offices that a two-year special emphasis program in the electroplating industry will begin on July 1, 1994. Initially, the two High Hazard Units will conduct the inspections. After August 31, selected Cal-OSHA district offices will participate, …
SAN FRANCISCO – Labor Secretary Robert Reich continues to take an active interest in an activist OSHA. On June 15, he announced a five-fold increase to $25,000 in the minimum proposed penalty for willful violations of federal job safety and health rules which could result in death or serious physical harm. State plan states were …
SAN FRANCISCO – This year, Fed-OSHA’s Office of Statistics prepared a paper titled “The Availability and Use of Data on Occupational Injuries and Illnesses” for the House Appropriations Committee. The report was prepared to back up OSHA’s request for funds to improve the collection and analysis of occupational injury and illness data to support program …
SAN FRANCISCO – Revisions to the Policy and Procedures Manual for Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) staff are moving swiftly; the entire manual should be up to date by the end of summer, Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard told COR. As P&P sections are completed, they are sent to the field for comments, he …
SAN FRANCISCO – Employers in the hazardous electroplating industry will be the first to be inspected by teams from one of Cal-OSHA’s two High Hazard Units, District Manager/North Russell Umbraco said on June 21. His unit, and the one in Anaheim that covers the southern half of the state, are just getting up and running. …
SAN FRANCISCO – Labor Secretary Robert Reich recently proposed a $5 million penalty, the largest single-employer construction penalty to date, against E. Smalis Painting Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, for egregious violations of the lead-in-construction standard. OSHA inspectors found that Smalis employees removing lead-based paint from the Route 366 bridge over the Allegheny River at Tarentum, …
SAN FRANCISCO – IAQ COMMENTS POUR IN: By mid-June, Fed-OSHA had received more than 5,000 comments on its proposed indoor air quality (IAQ) standard. Because of the intense interest, the comment period has been extended six more weeks, from June 29 to August 13. Public hearings will begin September 20. OSHA describes the two-part proposal …