The tally for the 2011 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) for California is at 360, until further notice. Will it stay at that number? Not likely. Will it be closer to the preliminary 302 in 2010, or the final 326? Or the 409 in 2009? Each fall, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes …
Under an almost $650,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the University of California, Davis will investigate the effect of environmental agents on thyroid hormones and model how chemical exposure affects health. UC Davis was among 11 universities granted almost $11 million under the EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, intended to help …
We have been advised by California Erectors, Inc., that the X-Mod record we ran along with case 39 COR 40-6779 in the Sept. 7, 2012 edition was incorrect and that the correct Bureau number is 5511453. The correct X-Mod, according to California Erectors, Inc., should have been 117.
The Globally Harmonized System of hazard communication is coming to California. The Cal/OSH Standards Board has published the first of its regulatory reforms that will incorporate the new system to bring California in line with the rest of the nation and the world on informing workers about chemical hazards in the workplace. The board publication …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders have been adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. TREE WORK, MAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL: Revisions to High Voltage Electrical Safety Orders …
Fed-OSHA Region 9, headquartered in San Francisco, and Region 5, based in Chicago, Ill., will take part in a pilot program to resolve whistleblower complaints through alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The Feds say that under the program, when a workplace safety discrimination complaint is filed with the agency, the parties will be notified of their …
The former and current Division of Occupational Safety and Health chiefs will highlight the 22nd Annual California Industrial Hygiene Council Conference, Dec. 3-5 at the Westgate Hotel in San Diego. Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the DOSH chief in the 1990s and early 2000s, will be …
SACRAMENTO — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the company whose petition triggered work that led to a proposal to add safety protections for California oil and gas wells tried to convince the Cal/OSH Standards Board to vote down the proposal. But a majority of the board was convinced that despite possible …