Governor Gavin Newsom’s office has appointed Danielle A. Lucido, of Albany, as chief counsel for Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. It is another appointment from Worksafe, the organized labor oriented firm from whence Chief Doug Parker also came. Lucido, 43, has been chief counsel for Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20 since …
Among the recent settlements between Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers are five cases involving fatalities. Here are the results of those cases. National Renovation, Inc.: DOSH has withdrawn four serious violations and $83,700 in penalties that were issued to this employer following the September 10th, 2019, death of an employee. The …
A 225-page proposal by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board is essentially non-substantive and would have little to no cost. So, what’s the point, and why a years-long effort to make this rulemaking happen? After being approached by stakeholders earlier this decade, the Board undertook this project to create “one-stop shopping” for employers on rules for cranes …
The author of the bill mandating the long-stalled indoor heat standard is furious that a fiscal impact review is holding it up. She wants to exempt Cal/OSHA regulations from the “lengthy and convoluted” fiscal assessments. But there are a lot of questions and objections to such an idea. Senator Connie Leyva (D-San Bernardino), a former …
Cell phones’ proliferation with myriad features has led to a huge problem in society – distracted driving. Anyone who has been behind a vehicle inexplicably weaving, only to find that the driver has their attention focused on their phone and not the road, understands this phenomenon. Now employers have ways to keep their employees on …
Several petitions are winding their way into the regulatory process. And they’re quite interesting. Gold mines and construction hoists are two. The oldest operating gold mine in the United States says a Cal/OSHA requirement for air supply piping is ridiculously outdated, causing the operation to be cited for a practice it has been using safely …
There are six new workplace fatalities, four of which are COVID-related. COVID cases continue to decrease substantially. The non-COVID cases include: A fatal fall in Irvine. An employee of Troy Roofing, Inc., fell approximately 12 feet from a ladder, was hospitalized, and died from the injuries. In Escondido, an employee of Farm ACW was involved …