EL SEGUNDO — The largest company to qualify for California’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) also got there the fastest. Now, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, which occupies a huge campus in the middle of this town south of Los Angeles International Airport plus two other nearby sites, is the 84th workplace to fly a Cal/VPP …
Of California’s 491,000 workplace injuries and illnesses in 2009, almost one-third — 29% — required days away from work, transfer or job restriction, according to statistics released by the state Division of Labor Statistics and Research (DLSR). The number of days-away incidents in California decreased by 11% in 2009, according to DLSR. The 142,300 incidents, …
MONTEREY — The economy is at least showing a pulse, but safety professionals still have to work harder than ever to prove the worth of a good safety program. Part of that process is getting together with other safety pros to learn what others are doing and the latest on the safety front. After a …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating another case of so-called “popcorn lung” at a Southern California flavorings manufacturer, mere months after the agency issued the employer citations for alleged willful violations of a Special Order. And the division has issued a set of citations, including a willful-serious charge, against another Southland …
By a majority vote following public hearings, 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. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO FOOD FLAVORING CONTAINING DIACETYL: New General Industry Safety Orders §5197 was …
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 …