The Santa Clara County Grand Jury has indicted a construction company and two of its officials in the January 2012 death of a worker who was engulfed in a trench cave-in. Just days before, an inspector for the City of Milpitas had issued a stop-work order on the project, which the company allegedly ignored. Raul …
Fed-OSHA has extended to Oct. 14 the deadline for commenting on its proposal to “improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses.” Published last fall, it would require employers to make electronic submissions of injury and illness information. Click here for information on how to comment.
SACRAMENTO – Even though his long career includes a stint as a deputy sheriff for Alameda County, the current director of safety for Unger Construction Co. is loathe to think of himself as a “safety cop.” Dave Simpson’s philosophy? “I would rather coach or develop” employees on working safely. “I will change your employer [if …
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo has overturned a Cal/OSH Appeals Board ruling on the heat illness prevention standard, saying it erred in holding that transit buses cannot be considered outdoor places of employment. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health had gone to the court to challenge a board Decision After Reconsideration (DAR) …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health reports three workplace fatalities in the first two weeks of August, including an electrocution, a drowning and a possible natural-causes death, all in Southern California. Here is what DOSH knows so far: Aug. 12: The DOSH Los Angeles district office began an investigation into a fatality involving an …
Our Aug. 8 article, “Scaffold Contractor Pays More than Proposed in Reactor Incident” (p. 10939), incorrectly stated that all eight serious violations proposed to Brand Scaffold Services were preserved in the settlement it reached with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. In fact, all eight were reclassified to general violations “based on the lack …
The recent national conference of the American Society of Safety Engineers in Orlando, Florida, saw two California occupational safety and health professionals honored, along with peers from around the country, for their contributions to the profession. Gary D. Couture, STS, COSS, was recognized as the ASSE Region 1 Safety Professional of the Year. And Tim …
A Cal/OSH Standards Board advisory committee will study proposed revisions to a regulation on roof openings to allow internal screens or flexible nets as fall protection to protect workers around skylights. The committee meets Aug. 14 in Sacramento. The revisions were proposed by California Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which says that the standard, General …