Five months after the Orange County District Attorney issued felony complaints against two managers in a 2009 incident in which two workers were killed, the county Grand Jury formally indicted the men. Roy Thomas Faulkinbury and Carl Edward Richardson, both 60, face up to three years in jail and $250,000 fines if convicted. They are …
Under a settlement reached by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, the hotel has agreed to hire a professional ergonomist to identify unsafe practices among housekeepers, provide proper tools and form a safety committee, including a number of workers. In return, DOSH is withdrawing two citations …
Even the most carefully devised safety procedures aren’t effective if they are not enforced. That’s what California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) says happened in June 2012 when a flagger at a waste transfer station was run over and killed by a front-end loader with a bucket raised so high that it obstructed …
When a self-erecting tower crane began experiencing problems with its cab hoist, a Southern California specialty contractor called its service manager to come fix it, but learned it would take two weeks for him to get out to the San Diego worksite. When he did arrive, it turned out he was not qualified to fix …
Cal/OSHA has cited two companies that both “exercise supervision and control” over workers at an Inland Empire mega-warehouse for a number of alleged safety violations, including several serious ones, after employees lodged complaints with the agency. The citations were issued Dec. 27 against the dual employers, National Distribution Center, LP, doing business as NFI, and …
In yet another example of a Cal/OSH Standards Board action based on a decision by the Appeals Board, a new proposal would address a regulatory gap by requiring electrical utilities to secure power poles that are in the process of being removed or installed. The proposal, and another that would provide emergency responders with an …
John MacLeod, who has chaired the Cal/OSH Standards Board since 2006 following a long stint as executive officer of the body, has resigned his post, effective Dec. 31. MacLeod did not give a reason for his resignation, but said it has been an “honor and privilege” to serve the people of California, and he is proud …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating a Dec. 6 Central Valley incident that led to the death of a worker. The 53-year-old worker was struck by a falling tree at 9:30 a.m. on that day, according to Department of Industrial Relations public information officer Peter Siggins. “The worker subsequently died as a result …