Here are the conclusions of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) about the November 2023 explosion and fire that severely injured an employee of the Marathon Martinez Renewables facility. The fire caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the plant. The CSB also issued several recommendations to prevent future incidents …
There are three new workplace fatalities in California. In Olivehurst, Marysville Police officer Osmar Rodarte, 30, was shot and killed while executing a search warrant on a suspected drug dealer as part of a multi-agency effort to root out drug smuggling, particularly fentanyl, from Mexico. Rodarte was part of a SWAT team serving warrants. The …
Representatives of the residential construction industry hope to meet with newly minted Fed-OSHA officials to try to coax them to rescind the six-foot fall protection rule for this segment. But it could take time. In the meantime, Housing Contractors of California, California Framing Contractors Association, and Residential Contractors Association have petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited three employers and proposed sizable penalties in 2024 cases involving a trench collapse and two fatal falls. The most significant case is against W.A. Rasic Construction, based in Long Beach, following an August 28th death at a San Diego construction site. Joel Olea Gomez, 27, was …
California employers have distributed millions of pieces of personal protective equipment; Cal/OSHA has monitored thousands of employees at dairies and poultry farms and conducted inspections at dozens of compliance inspections ostensibly to control the bird flu outbreak, which has hit this state’s animal agricultural industry. Now, a controversy has developed at the Cal/OSHA Standards Board …
There are nine new California workplace fatalities. Three are from falls and three from violence. In Tiburon, a landscaper for an as-yet unidentified employer fell about 60 feet over fencing while working from an extension ladder. In Palo Alto, an employee of ABM which provides facilities services, fell from a ladder and struck his head. …
The Department of Industrial Relations says it is giving $6 million to nonprofit community-based organizations in the Los Angeles area, to “educate and assist” workers on health and safety issues during the recovery and rebuilding from the recent devastating wildfires. The grants to 21 community-based organizations (CBOs) in the region are part of the California …