Here is the initial take on the revisions to Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard, at least from employer representatives: The changes contain some good stuff and some troubling stuff. And therein lies the problem with using the regulatory process to deal with an ever-changing public health emergency. The proposed revisions were published May 7th and …
The Marin County District Attorney’s office has charged the principals of a Yolo County company in the April 2018 death of a beekeeper. Carlos Del Toro, 21, was crushed to death when he accidentally activated the foot pedal of the Bobcat he was operating as he exited the machine and got caught between the cage …
Here are some of the most significant Cal/OSHA citation cases recently concluded by way of settlements between employers and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Midwest Roofing & Solar: This Gardena employer will pay $20,250 of a proposed $39,600 in the June 13th, 2013, death of a roofer at a Pico Rivera worksite. The …
There are six new workplace fatalities in recent days two of them from COVID. The non-COVID deaths include: Two falls. In Santa Ana, an employee of Navas Landscape & Maintenance was working approximately 20 feet up a tree when he fell. He was transported to a hospital, where he died. In Long Beach, an employee …
California suffered five work-related heat illness fatalities in 2020, the most for any year in quite some time. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health says there are lessons to be learned from these incidents as it ramps up for another heat – and likely wildfire – season. DOSH recently held a Heat Illness Prevention …
United Parcel Service recently settled several cases brought by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health involving heat, including three cases of illness and six complaints. The company will pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle the cases. Most of the nine investigations were in Southern California, including Ontario, Chatsworth, Van Nuys, and Anaheim. …
While COVID precautions are still in place on construction sites around California, the near ending of the pandemic allows for gatherings, and many employers throughout the state held safety events this week. It was both Construction Safety Week and Fall Prevention Stand-Down Week. In Santa Clara, DPR Construction, which is building the vast Vantage Data …
There are eight new workplace fatalities to report. Four of them are from COVID. The non-COVID incidents include: A fatal fall in Sacramento. An employee of Harlan Quality Roofing was working of the roof of a residence when he fell. An employee of Sunrise Orchards in Davis died from injuries sustained when one of his …