California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating an Oct. 19 incident that left a supervisor for Personnel Protective Services of Richmond wounded and his alleged assailant, a disgruntled employee, in jail. The incident occurred at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 when the supervisor was shot in the left arm and chest. He was …
SACRAMENTO – Giving in to objections from stakeholders and misgivings by its own board members, Cal/OSH Standards Board on Oct. 20 postponed a vote on its controversial diesel exhaust retrofit proposal, and scrapped altogether the current version of its “pay for PPE” proposal, instead sending the issue to an advisory committee. The votes came after …
The new rules under which the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) issues serious violations are slightly more than nine months old, and yet there is precious little information on how the new procedures are working, but if anecdotal evidence is any guide, employers should carefully consider their situation before responding to the new …
The states of Hawaii and Michigan are ceding parts of their state occupational safety and health plants to Fed-OSHA — in Hawaii’s case, large parts — the federal agency announces. Hawaii, which received pointed criticism from Fed-OSHA in the 2009 “EFAME” audit of all state plans, is turning over coverage to the Feds on private-sector …
A 16-year-old employee of a Lamont recycling center who might have been working with false identification was killed after being overcome by fumes, and two others fell ill, with one eventually dying, while attempting to rescue the boy in an Oct. 12 incident. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating this and …
Over the years, Cal/OSHA and law enforcement authorities have investigated a number of cases in which scammers have posed as Cal/OSHA inspectors, shaking down business owners for money in exchange for phony compliance “certificates,” or on-the-spot settlements. Now California’s agricultural community is buzzing about a purported “publishing” company that is selling farm labor contractors a …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating two recent workplace incidents up and down the state that resulted in worker fatalities. Oct. 5: A foreman for Kleen Harvest in Salinas was killed when he became caught between a tractor and a harvesting machine. Cal/OSHA has no other details of the incident. Oct.7: DOSH …
First is the 2011 Professional Development Conference hosted by the Sacramento Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) at the Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. Sessions include: A Former Regulator’s Perspective on Compliance, with John Duncan, former director of the Department of Industrial Relations. Multi-Employer Liability, with Standards Board member Jack …