Four more California employees suffered workplace fatalities in recent days. All are under investigation by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Another incident appears to be from natural causes but is still being investigated. Here’s this week’s report: In Los Angeles, a traffic officer for the Los Angeles City Department of Transportation died in …
The goal of an earthquake early warning system on the West Coast took a significant step forward earlier this week when the Bay Area Rapid Transit district successfully tested ShakeAlert. In fact, if there was a moderate earthquake tomorrow along a major fault, they say the system would work. The question is just how extensive …
Cal/OSHA has weighed in on three workplace fatalities that happened late last year and early in 2018. Here’s what actions the agency took in these cases and what other employers can learn from the incidents. 3 Kings X-Mas Lighting: Andrew McGinty, 56, an employee of this San Clemente-based business, was killed on December 8, 2017, …
Three more California employees lost their lives in recent days. Cal/OSHA is investigating these incidents. In Tracy, a tractor operator was fatally injured while bundling weeds. According to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the tractor plunged into a canal and was submerged. His employer had not been identified as Cal-OSHA Reporter went to …
Employers and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health have reached agreement in a number of fatality and serious injury cases, among hundreds approved by the Cal/OSH Appeals Board in recent weeks. It should be remembered that besides fines, employers end up with higher workers’ comp costs from the claims increased effect on their experience …
Rosendin Electric, a national electrical contractor based in San Jose, the heart of Silicon Valley, uses high-tech tools, plus a strong corporate culture to keep its 2,300 employees safe. It responds to hazard trends and uses innovative ways to communicate with its workers. Rosendin is a finalist in the Associated General Contractors of California Construction …
Employers take note: If you disagree with a Cal/OSH Appeals Board decision after reconsideration, you’d better file a Superior Court writ within the mandated 30 days, lest your challenge be dismissed. That’s what happened in the case of RAAM Construction, which challenged a multiemployer DAR, only to be told it was too late. In a …
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed AB 2334. It deals with workers’ comp and self-insurance issues but also has provisions about employer injury and illness recordkeeping, one of which could become a big deal concerning electronic reporting. The author is Assemblyman Tony Thurmond (D-Oakland), chair of the Labor and Employment committee. The bill’s sponsor is the …