The final California total for the 2012 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) was 375, an 11% rise from the preliminary total of 339 released last August. California had12.3 percent of the nations workplace fatalities. But in this case it turns out to be “good” news, because the total is down from the 2011 total …
In what could create enormous change for a range of industries, from painting to battery manufacture to bullets a plethora of recommendations by the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) are up for consideration right now. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health is working on revising the standard for blood lead levels in workers …
The 2014 Central Valley Safety Symposium will tackle subjects from effective field training to emergency preparedness. The symposium is May 21 at the Fresno Hotel and Conference Center, formerly the Radisson Conference Center. The event is sponsored by the Central Valley Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Keynote speaker for the conference is …
SACRAMENTO – The regulated public was silent about a Cal/OSH Standards Board proposal to tighten up language on personal protective equipment (PPE) at the board’s April 17 public hearing. [See sidebar for the material changes]. The new rules will apply whether the equipment is provided by the employer or owned and provided by the employee. …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating an April 17 workplace fatality in the San Bernardino area at a construction site. DOSH says the worker, an employee of Hermanos Grading, Inc., was watering a pile of dirt when he slipped and fell in front of a loader, which crushed him.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District has, for a while, been fighting a couple of willful violations over its use of the “simple approval” system for employees working on the tracks of its train system. And now it has even more cites to deal with — and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in proposed fines. …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board has issued a 15-day notice of proposed modifications to new rules designed to protect healthcare workers who handle patients. Mandated by a 2011 law, AB 1136, the rulemaking package has been in development for since 2012 and had a public hearing last September. The 15-day notice proposes modifications in a number …
A Monterey County winery has been cited by Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the Oct. 3 death of a 19-year-old worker who was crushed to death in a screw auger conveyor that the agency says was not properly locked out. DOSH alleges five serious violations in the case, including two classified as accident-related. …