The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is postponing the scheduled Dec. 6 meeting of the Health Expert Advisory Committee on permissible exposure limits for chemicals. DOSH says it hopes to set a new date for early 2013. It has not said why it postponed the December meeting, which was supposed to be the …
CONCORD — “It was a sound beyond belief. The fireworks were on.” That’s how Mike, an electrical professional, describes the arc flash that changed his life forever on an April day in 1987. Now an executive with a large electrical firm in Arizona, Mike rarely talks publicly about his close encounter with death and even …
One worker was killed and another seriously injured Nov. 12 when a steel cable snapped as it was being recoiled at a Fontana industrial facility. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating this and other recent workplace fatalities. The dead worker has been identified as Fernando Quezada. His coworker reportedly suffered a …
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) won its local fight to force the adult film industry (AFI) to use “barrier protection” — condoms — as a condition of the production permitting process in Los Angeles County. But the industry vows to fight back and says it is in the early stages of fleeing the Southland for …
Fed-OSHA is soliciting nominations for its 15-member Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH). The committee advises the federal Secretary of Labor and OSHA Administrator on construction standards and policy. The agency is accepting nominations for employer, employee, public and state safety and health agency representatives until Jan. 7, 2013. Click here to learn how …
Responding to comments from Fed-OSHA, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has revised its proposal to provide an exception to guardrail requirements as they apply to portable amusement rides. The board is accepting comments on the revision until Nov. 23. The proposal would revise General Industry Safety Orders §3210(b) to relieve portable ride operators from guarding requirements …
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is working with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to gather personal protective equipment to help protect workers engaged in the arduous task of clean-up and recovery from Superstorm Sandy. ASSE and Fed-OSHA are looking for 5,500 pieces each of the following equipment to be donated directly …
Just a few miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge sits a small replica of that bridge, carrying schoolchildren and visitors to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, a historic piece of the West Coast. The 156-foot pedestrian suspension bridge, built in 1954, is historic itself and when the …