SAN FRANCISCO – Both Industrial Relations Director Lloyd Aubry and Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard were at the December 2 Cal-OSHA Advisory Committee meeting. Besides alluding to the Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations that are coming this year, Aubry noted that OSHA head Joe Dear had spoken specifically about ergonomics in a Wall Street Journal interview. …
SAN FRANCISCO – SACRAMENTO – On January 18 Charles B. Mitchell of Heath Consulting Services will cover 1993 workers’ compensation reform and occupational safety and health grants at National University, 9320 Tech Center Drive, Sacramento, at a half-day ASSE professional development conference. Registration fee is $65. Call Jerry Bach at 916-368-4250, ext. 216, for further …
SAN FRANCISCO – A new employer consortium rose up December 16 and told the Cal-OSH Standards Board it was designing a reasonable alternative to the proposed ergonomics standard. The implication was that the present proposal, scheduled for public hearings in January and February, is unreasonable and expensive. The CTD Coalition of California Businesses was described …
SAN FRANCISCO – The Greater San Jose Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers is sponsoring a CSP (certified safety professional) Review class starting on Tuesday, January 25, at 6 p.m. There will be 10 evening classes in the series at Hewlett Packard’s Santa Clara site. Each attendee will receive a two volume set …
SAN FRANCISCO – On January 14 a workshop meeting will be held to discuss a strategy for ergonomics research into design, selection, installation and use of power hand tools in the automotive industry. Three areas for discussion will be surveillance/epidemiology, problem source identification, and engineering controls and design/manufacturing. For additional information contact Steve Smith at …
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld Fed-OSHA’s interpretation that the hazard communication standard (HCS) requires manufacturers, distributors and importers of hazardous chemicals to list target organ effects as well as other warnings on labels of hazardous chemicals that are shipped to downstream users. The ruling set aside …
SAN FRANCISCO – Lawyers for environmental groups filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court on December 28 against Governor Wilson’s administration. To delist methyl bromide, listed a year ago under Prop. 65 as a reproductive toxicant, would violate the law with respect to posting warnings about the pesticide’s use in farm fields, the suit alleges. …