Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, using regulations presently in existence, has cited six healthcare organizations and one law enforcement agency for violations connected to COVID in the workplace. In the case of the Santa Rosa Police Department, the citations come in the wake of a fatality. Veteran detective Marylou Armer died on March …
There are 14 new reported workplace fatalities. including seven COVID-related deaths. The non-COVID incidents include: A death due to explosion involving an employee of Sierra Pacific Lumber Mill in Lincoln. The employee, was part of a two-man team working on an air compressor when the blast occurred, according to a newspaper report. His colleague suffered …
As treatments improve, and the death and illness rates decline, a vaccine appears just around the corner, and with the end to the pandemic hopefully in sight, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board is likely to vote this week on a petition which requests an emergency regulation to require employers in general industry to have a COVID …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has made a minor revision to its “placeholder” permanent regulation to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke. The board is taking comments on the change until September 25th. An emergency regulation, which is essentially the same as the placeholder rule, went into effect over a year ago and has been extended …
Two Southern California employers face almost $600,000 in penalties due to Cal/OSHA COVID investigations. Cal/OSHA says Overhill Farms, based in Vernon, and Jobsource North America, based in Fullerton, failed to institute COVID-19 precautions at two Vernon food processing plants, and 20 employees contracted the disease. One employee died, and Overhill failed to report that fatality …
Several months after the traditional fall-prevention stand-down events would have been held, the whole country stood down in the midst of a pandemic that came from Wuhan China. Business leaders, labor organizations, community groups, and other construction industry participated in virtual or socially distanced events this week. It was led by Fed-OSHA, which kicked off …
There are almost two dozen new workplace fatalities, including 13 from COVID-19. First, here are the non-COVID incidents: In Rocklin, Placer County, an employee of Century Commercial Service fell approximately 30 feet from a scissor lift. In the Long Beach area, a driver for Gonzalez Logistics slipped and fell while inspecting a truck, receiving fatal …
Cal/OSHA has issued COVID-19-related citations to 11 employers, including six agricultural employers, three in meatpacking or food processing, and one each in health care and retail. But only one of the cited employers suffered a COVID illness – Sutter Bay Medical Foundation in Berkeley. A review of the specific cites appears below, and the accompanying …