Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital for violations of the workplace violence in healthcare standard. The Division seeks about $8,000 in penalties. DOSH investigated the 160-bed hospital based on a complaint, and cited it for one serious, one general, and one regulatory violation of General Industry Safety Orders …
There are slightly fewer industries on Cal/OSHA’s latest list of high-hazard industries, but the 40 sectors on the roll represent 20% additional establishments and one-third more employees than the current list, which expires at the end of the current federal fiscal year, September 30th. The list targets specific types of employers. The Division of Occupational …
There are 11 recent workplace fatalities, including eight more COVID-19 cases. In St. Helena, an employee of The Morlet Selection, a wine company, fell 60 feet out of a tree he was helping remove. He has been identified as 47-year-old Jesus Perez of Napa. In Soledad, an employee of Dole Fresh Vegetables was pinned underneath …
Gov. Gavin Newsom says a China-based manufacturer is expected to receive N95 respirator certification from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). But as of deadline approval has not been granted for the Governor’s $1 billion spend of taxpayer funds. The Governor’s office paid $3.30 for each mask. If recent Cal/OSHA comments are …
On May 19th, the United States Department of Labor issued its Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Guidance goes into detail on how OSHA …
A Superior Court judge has ruled Cal/OSHA properly cited a major general contractor for a willful violation. Its crew modified a trench protective system without first consulting the designing engineer. But the Shimmick/Obayashi joint venture will pay far less than the proposed $67,000. The judge says in the tentative ruling that a serious violation must …
Employees in a giant Amazon, Inc., fulfillment center in New York, filed a lawsuit against the company for practices they say have exposed them to COVID-19. One employee who worked at the Staten Island facility has died from the disease, and more than 40 others have become infected. At 840,000 square feet, the fulfillment center …
After clearing its final regulatory hurdle – the Office of Administrative Law – Cal/OSHA’s new lighting requirements for agricultural operations conducted after sunset will see their sunrise in less than a month – July 1st. The Standards Board adopted the regulation in February and recently received OAL clearance. It will be effective in plenty of …