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Fed-OSHA’s Most Cited

The fall protection standard was the most cited Fed-OSHA violation for fiscal year 2014, the agency announces. The regulation, 29 CFR 1926.501, was cited 6,143 times during the period. It was followed by: hazard communication (1910.1200), at 5,161; scaffolding (1926.451), 4,029; respiratory protection (1910.134), 3,223; lockout/tagout (1910.147), 2,704; powered industrial trucks (1910.178), 2,662; electrical-wiring methods … Read More »

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Sacramento Safety and Health Summit Coming October 8th

The Sacramento chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) holds its annual Safety and Health Summit on October 8th at it usual location, the Red Lion Woodlake Conference Center in the capital. This year’s summit features 13 sessions, keynoted by Rudy Schroeder on “Emergencies and Rescue at Work.” Breakout sessions include two tracks … Read More »

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Clarification on Reporting Story

Our Sept. 19 story on the new changes to Fed-OSHA’s rules on reporting fatalities and serious injuries inartfully explained California’s requirements. Fed-OSHA just announced a rule change under which employers will be required to report any single work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. Currently, the Feds do not require reporting of single hospitalizations, … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA’s New High-Hazard List

What is the most hazardous occupation in California? If you combine the number of workers with the days away/restricted duty/transfer (DART) rate, you could make a case that it is couriers and messengers. The 57,624 employees in this occupation suffered a DART rate of 6.2 per 100 workers, one of the highest in the state. … Read More »

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FACE: Safety Devices Aren’t Any Good if They’re Not Operational

The 2013 fatality of a Los Angeles-area electrician was caused by a safety device that wasn’t working on computer-controlled hoist, according to the findings of the California Department of Public Health’s Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) unit. Following its investigation into the incident, FACE cautions employers to ensure that moving machinery isn’t capable of … Read More »

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Question of the Week

We received an email from an insurance brokerage in Orange County with the following circumstances:  A client had an employee start work and on his first day went home for lunch and committed suicide. The question was, is this reportable to Cal/OSHA? We asked Defense attorney Kevin Bland of Ogletree Deakins, in Orange County, and … Read More »

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First Look For Stakeholders at Cal/OSHA’s Process Safety Plan

OAKLAND – By this time in 2015, Cal/OSHA intends to have a new set of rules governing how oil refineries and other process safety management (PSM) facilities evaluate hazards and prevent serious incidents. The intended changes will be extensive. That process got started on September 16th through a series of advisory meetings designed to introduce the … Read More »

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Two Killed, One Critically Burned in Recent Workplace Incidents

Cal/OSHA is investigating three serious incidents which happened in the past 10 days, including a case that might have heat illness implications. That incident occurred Sept. 9 and involved a worker for independent turkey grower Derrick Wilson, based in Snelling. The worker was found on the ground in the parking lot of the facility. The … Read More »

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