Cal/OSH Standards Board has published a third 15-day notice of proposed modifications on its controversial proposal on diesel exhaust retrofits, which could turn out to be the final version of the regulations. At the board’s October meeting, stakeholders and board members themselves said an earlier proposal needed several changes and board staff has obliged. Providing …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) does not believe current Title 8 standards adequately address the hazards of using all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and all-terrain utility vehicles (ATUVs) to transport workers, mostly in the agricultural sector. That opinion is translating into potential regulatory action, which will be the topic of discussion later this month …
Fed-OSHA Region 9 has announced new area directors for its Oakland and San Diego offices. David Shiraishi is taking over in Oakland for the retired Van Howell. The office is at 1301 Clay St., Suite 1080N; telephone 510-637-3800; fax 510-637-3846. In San Diego, Jay Vicory takes over for Thomas Carle. The office is at 550 West …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) conducted 3% fewer inspections in the first three quarters of 2010 versus the comparable 2009 period, and issued 6% fewer violations, according to statistics released by the DOSH Program Office. Cal/OSHA conducted 6,682 onsite inspections from January to September last year, compared to 6,851 the previous year. …
Has a Cal/OSHA regulation failed to keep up with advances in agricultural worker transport, or is Cal/OSHA misapplying a regulation to a safety advance that is potentially saving workers’ lives, for fear of running afoul of Fed-OSHA? After many years off the radar screen, the issue is coming to the fore and is likely to …
A construction project at an Orland middle school saw two workers injured, one severely, after a bizarre incident on Oct. 26. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating this and other recent incidents, including two workplace fatalities. The critically injured worker, identified by the Chico Enterprise-Record as Mark Godfrey, Jr., 23, was …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has determined that a South Gate employer shouldn’t be cited for a serious violation in a April 14 workplace fatality because it didn’t know that the hazardous condition existed. DOSH cited the employer, Direct Chassis, LLC, for an alleged general violation of the industrial truck standard because …
A request from University of California at Los Angeles Theater Management Services (TMS) for a stage platform variance from a Cal/OSHA safety order has been denied because, Standards Board says, the procedure is potentially unsafe and the employer must abide by manufacturer’s instructions. UCLA TMS sought the variance from General Industry Safety Orders §3646(b) so …