California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the Nov. 4 death of an orchard worker in Carpinteria from electrocution. The worker, an employee of Andrade Farm Labor, was picking avocados and had placed a metal ladder against a tree. Unbeknownst to him, though, the ladder made contact with an overhead 9,500-volt electrical …
BENICIA — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has embarked on an ambitious training program this year for its inspectors. But they have been a part of another kind of training program for several years, and it reconvened this week for another round of steel erection education. The training partnership between DOSH, the …
A San Diego County worker was trapped in a composting machine for as long as 45 minutes before he was discovered and likely died of asphyxia, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has concluded after an investigation into the July 27 incident. DOSH has cited the employer, Evergreen Nursery, of Oceanside, for an …
When Cal/OSH Standards Board meets Dec. 16 in Sacramento, it will hold a public meeting to take general comments from the regulated public on matters pertaining to occupational safety and health, and a business meeting to adopt rulemaking packages, approve variances and conduct other board business. But the board will not have a public hearing …
A spate of news stories on Cal/OSHA’s official response to the so-called “EFAME” audit focused on the agency’s criticisms of Fed-OSHA’s findings. But there’s a deeper discussion that needs to take place between the two agencies, Division of Occupational Safety and Health Chief Len Welsh said. In an interview with Cal-OSHA Reporter, Welsh admitted that …
A retired judge who is the mother to a physician intern says the “abusive” hours interns and residents are forced to endure pose a safety problem to the doctors themselves, patients and the general public. The judge has petitioned Cal/OSH Standards Board to intervene and set limits for the beleaguered medics. The petition comes on the …
The Cal/OSHA Elevator, Ride and Tramway Unit hosts a meeting Nov. 10 in Oakland to discuss the duties of certified mechanics in various work situations. “The agenda will include discussion of the clarification of work to be performed by certified mechanics in elevator machine rooms, hoistways, pits, cartops and car enclosures,” elevator unit Principal Engineer …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders 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. PILE DRIVING: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders §§ 1600 and 1601 were heard …