Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Marty Morgenstern, 76, as the next secretary of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). Morgenstern has a long association with Brown. He served as director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations and director of the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) during Brown’s first two terms. He later served …
After successfully leading the charge on AB 2774, one of the most comprehensive occupational safety and health bills in the past decade, Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland) will resume his duties as chair of the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. But new members will also be joining the fold, including four newly elected legislators—two Republicans and two …
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. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LOAD: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders §1709 were heard at …
Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspections and violations cited were down slightly between January and June 2010 over the same period in 2009, reflecting an ongoing trend created by state-mandated furloughs for Cal/OSHA inspectors. The 4,211 on-site inspections and 8,211 alleged violations cited for the period represent about a 17% reduction from pre-furlough …
LIVERMORE — The dream of a roofer and business agent for a place where apprentices can formally learn their craft and workplace safety at a central location became a reality with the opening of the Roofing and Waterproofing Apprenticeship Training Center in this eastern Alameda County town. Stanley E. Warren, who died in 2005 from …
A shipbuilding company’s failure to heed the lessons of earlier inspections and a cardboard container operation that ignored lockout/tagout requirements despite a warning at a safety committee meeting, have been cited for the most serious violations of Cal/OSHA standards. The companies, Reliable Container Corp. of Santa Fe Springs, and National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) …
SAN FRANCISCO–John Duncan’s second stint as director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has been marked by a number of milestones. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), for instance, which is under DIR, implemented a heat illness prevention regulation, then launched a prolonged campaign to inform employers about their responsibilities and enforce …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a spate of late-2010 workplace fatalities, including a chipper death, a fall from a roof and a deadly vehicle encounter at a construction yard. Dec. 14: A 49-year-old worker for rancher Steven Nagel in Fallbrook was killed while clearing cut branches in an avocado grove when …