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State Fund Consolidation Will Have Little Effect on Loss Control Workers

A reorganization plan by State Compensation Insurance Fund to cut its workforce by up to 12% has been a source of concern for some employees of the giant workers’ comp insurance carrier, but its massive loss-control department will be spared, a spokeswoman says. State Fund intends to reduce its 7,400-strong workforce and relocate approximately 2,200 … Read More »

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Correct Location for July 21 Standards Board Business Meeting

In its June 24 edition, Cal-OSHA Reporter stated that the next Cal/OSH Standards Board meeting would be July 21 in Costa Mesa. That is incorrect – the board recently moved most of its remaining meetings to Sacramento in light of the governor’s ban on nonessential state travel. The July 21 meeting is at 10 a.m. … Read More »

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DOSH Investigates Six More Fatalities

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a number of new workplace fatalities, including an electrocution, a fall, two crushing deaths, a possible heat illness death and a sinkhole incident. June 20: The division is investigating the death of an employee of Roman Toor, who was working at Sunrise Farms in Pixley, … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA’s Dr. Michaels: Will Work with Cal/OSHA on Fall Protection

Cal-OSHA Reporter Publisher Dale Debber was in Washington D.C. recently and had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA David Michaels. Dr. Michaels is an epidemiologist who holds a Master of Public Health and PhD from Columbia University. The Fed-OSHA administrator talked about his views on state plan … Read More »

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Worker Killed in Redding Blast

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the June 15 workplace fatality of an employee of Clear Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant in Redding. The employee, identified as 54-year-old Fred Crumb, was looking at a water glass level (gauge) when a water tank exploded and crushed him between the tank and a concrete … Read More »

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Lifeline for Standards Board?

OAKLAND — It’s not a done deal, but a move by the California Legislature gives proponents of Cal/OSH Standards Board hope that it will not be eliminated, as the governor has proposed. Earlier this month, the Assembly Budget committee rejected Gov. Brown’s proposal to transfer the board’s functions to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health … Read More »

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Public Hearing: Hazardous Liquids and Telecommunications Towers

There was no stakeholder reaction to two safety order revision proposals for which a public comment period ended June 16 at a Cal/OSH Standards Board hearing. The proposals now move toward adoption by the board. They cover safety for employees working around hazardous liquids, and ladders for telecommunications towers. The first proposal would revise General … Read More »

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June 28 Heat Illness Meeting Moved

Cal/OSHA announces that it has moved its June 28 heat illness outreach meeting from Indio to San Bernardino. The meeting, intended to solicit input, comments and suggestions for the agency’s 2011 heat season educational and enforcement activities, begins at 9 a.m. at Diocese of San Bernardino Pastoral Center, 1201 E. Highland Ave. in San Bernardino. … Read More »

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