GONZALES — Whenever a safety workshop or tailgate meeting ends at Gonzales Winery in the Salinas Valley, the meeting is marked by the phrase “Safety begins.” The road to safety excellence actually started more than a decade ago, and the safety staff will tell you that it’s a continuous journey. But the winery marked a …
The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has charged printing company officials with involuntary manslaughter and other felony charges in the January 2008 death of a pregnant worker who was crushed in a machine she was setting up. Margarita Mojica, 29, was caught in and killed in a creasing and die-cutting machine on Jan. 29, 2008, …
The circumstances that led to a deadly April explosion at an oil refinery in Anacortes, Wash., do not exist in California, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Process Safety Management Unit has concluded after a five-month review of refinery procedures here. California refineries are using “the most advanced technology available for controlling the …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating an Oct. 18 incident in Salinas that left one worker dead and another seriously injured. The deadly encounter involved employees of CB Harvesting, a subsidiary of Church Bros., Inc., and happened at Breschini Scattini Ranch. The workers were reviewing harvest paperwork with their backs to the …
Responding to comments from stakeholders that a proposal on load safety was too broad and could have unintended impacts on employers, Cal/OSH Standards Board has modified the rulemaking action. Comments are due on the modifications by Nov. 1. The proposal revises CSO §1709 in the wake of a Cal/OSH Appeals Board decision in DPS Plastering, …
SACRAMENTO — On the heels of Fed-OSHA’s announcement that it intends to create a federal version of the Injury and Illness Prevention Program, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is considering a requirement of its own. Fed-OSHA came to California in late July, after some prodding, to learn from California’s almost 20-year experience with …
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. HEAT ILLNESS: Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §3395 were heard at …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the Oct. 8 death of a construction worker at a pharmacy under construction in San Mateo. The worker, identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s office as 23-year-old Cristobal Reyes-Segura, of Sacramento, was employed by Norogachi Construction, a subcontractor to S.D. Deacon, which is erecting a …