A bill that takes another shot at making Injury and Illness Prevention Programs more readily available to employees – ostensibly to encourage compliance – is seen as overly broad by employer lobbyists. IIPPs are traditionally at the top of the list of most cited Cal/OSHA safety orders. AB 978, authored by Assemblyman Monique Limon, (D-Ventura), …
Cal/OSHA is adopting more federal safety language. This time, the Standards Board has approved changes intended to prevent slips, trips, falls and fatigue involving hook-on ladders on scaffolds. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health initiated the rulemaking to Construction Safety Orders §1637(n)(2)(A), seeking to require that employers place rest platforms on supported scaffolds at …
As California’s legislative season moves along, so are several bills related to occupational safety and health. Some would affect specific employers, while others would affect all California businesses. Here’s the latest on these bills. Eliminate OSH Economic Analysis A coalition of employer organizations stands in opposition to SB 772 by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Riverside). The bill, …
Tree work incidents took the life of two trimmers in recent days. A third workplace fatality involved a worker who was driving a tractor. The tree incidents include: In Tuolumne County, 21-year-old Jorge Garcia Moctezuma was killed while cutting a section of tree in a removal project near Twain Hart. The trimmer, from Washington state, …
A U.C.-Berkeley public health researcher has won, for now, his three-year quest to force public health officials to release a document on possible health effects from cell phones. The document still hasn’t been officially released, because the ruling by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang hasn’t been finalized, and challenges by the California Department of …
Brad Cain, the editor of our sister publication Workers’ Comp Executive, snapped another photo at a massive San Francisco project Wednesday morning. The photo shows a workers along a roof edge, possibly performing roofing work. Both employees appear at risk. In our April 7 edition (p. 11736), we showed you a photo he snapped from the …
The Monterey County District Attorney has charged Czirban and Czirban Concrete Construction and its owners with six felonies in connection with the July 2016 death of a bulldozer operator who was crushed when his equipment rolled over. Ian Czirban, the firm’s principal, was charged by Monterey County with the criminal counts according to the district …
Cal/OSHA has cited San Francisco’s Good View Roofing and Building Supply Corp. for four serious violations following the November 2016 death of a forklift operator who rolled off a ramp and was crushed by the industrial truck. Qiang Ruan Hua, 60, had not been properly trained, according to Cal/OSHA, nor certified as a forklift operator. …