The owner and three foreman of Livermore contractor Platinum Pipeline have been sentenced to jail and probation in the July 2018 death of a laborer in a Daly City trench collapse. The San Mateo County District Attorney’s office prosecuted the cases. Platinum Pipeline was a subcontractor on a residential construction project and was installing underground …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is close to completing rulemaking to raise some of its maximum penalties. The increases are based on the cost-of-living index, as mandated by Congress in 2016. DOSH has sent the increase package to the Office of Administrative Law. It was unclear as we went to press when they …
February 1st begins the three-month period during which employers must post their 2020 summaries of work-related injuries and illnesses. Cal/OSHA’s Form 300A must be posted from February through April. And in March, employers must submit the form electronically to Fed-OSHA through its online portal. The 300A summary must be placed in a visible and easily …
The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board regularly takes cases under “reconsideration,” challenging administrative law judges’ decisions. Most are garden variety – either the cited employer or the Division of Occupational Safety and Health disagree with one or more aspects of the decision. But among the most recent cases, the board agreed to take on are some unique …
The Injury and Illness Prevention Program celebrated its 30th anniversary as an official Cal/OSHA regulation this month. There was no observance of the milestone. But the IIPP is observed in other ways. It’s supposedly the foundation for California employers’ safety programs, but it is the most often Title 8 regulation for which employers are cited …
A Cal-OSHA Reporter subscriber recently posed this question about the COVID reporting obligation to Cal/OSHA. We’re pleased to provide the answer to clarify the requirements for others. The subscriber is an employer with two employees who contracted COVID, but neither got it on the job. The employees called in to report they were sick with …
Elizabeth Treanor is one of the most respected stakeholders in the Cal/OSHA community and a respected voice of reason on the employer side. She has retired from her duties as director of the Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable’s OSH Forum. Taking over is Helen Cleary, a veteran of occupational safety and health and voice the community has …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating 61 new workplace fatalities, 59 related to the coronavirus. The non-COVID fatalities include: An incident at SLP Trucking in Los Angeles. An employee was crushed to death when a truck fell off a jack stand. A fatal fall in Petaluma. The owner of J&K Roofing Service …