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Willful Violation of Heat Illness Standard Alleged in Worker’s July Death

A worker’s death in the wilting Blythe heat last July has prompted California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to issue a farm labor contractor a willful-serious and other citations and almost $75,000 in penalties. In another case, in which a 16-year-old farmworker became ill from the heat in Bakersfield a day earlier but … Read More »

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Inland Empire Warehouser, Staffing Agency Hit with Multiple Citations

Worker complaints, routed to Cal/OSHA through a worker advocacy group, have resulted in a series of citations to several Chino worksites of a national distribution company, to the tune of more than $130,000 in proposed penalties. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) issued similar citations to a temporary staffing agency that provides workers … Read More »

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Worker Decapitated in Chipper Incident

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a horrific Jan. 12 fatality involving a Nevada County worker who was working with a wood chipper. The worker, identified as Martin Lara of Applegate, was employed by Bushwackers, Inc. He was feeding brush into the chipper when a rope became entangled around his neck … Read More »

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CSHWC Study on IIPP Enforcement: Inspectors Should Dig Deeper

California’s more-than-20-year-old Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) standard has had a relatively small impact on injury prevention, but could be more effective if Cal/OSHA inspectors probed deeper into company safety programs and why some employer IIPPs fail to prevent injuries. These conclusions are found instudy by Rand Corp.’s Center for Health and Safety in … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA’s IIPP Primer

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a white paper on Injury and Illness Prevention Programs. It covers how such programs work, the costs of workplace injuries and illnesses and how IIPPs can improve an employer’s bottom line. Click here to view a copy of the IIPP white paper.

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Budget Redux: Governor Again Proposes Eliminating Standards Board

Gov. Jerry Brown is taking another stab at eliminating Cal/OSH Standards Board and transferring its functions to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). The governor made a similar proposal for the 2011-2012 budget, but the effort was defeated in the Legislature. One Cal/OSHA staffer tells Cal-OSHA Reporter, “Rumor has it that they’ve been … Read More »

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Die Definition Approved by OAL

By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order have been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. DEFINITION OF GENERAL-PURPOSE DIE: Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §4188 were … Read More »

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