California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the Sept. 7 fatality to a worker for Iron Industries in Blue Ridge. The employee was operating a forklift on a hill to set a beam on top of a small building when the forklift rolled over and down the hill, according to Department of Industrial …
Two California employers – one a familiar name – face allegations of willful violations in cases where one worker died and another suffered a serious injury. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued citations for serious violations in a third case involving an incident that seriously injured three workers. The first two …
California organizations are receiving about 15% of the latest Fed-OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grants, which total $8 million. Annual Harwood grants support long-term programs that build safety and health competence within organizations. For 2010, seven California organizations are receiving $1.24 million. They include: Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association: This organization is granted $180,000 …
Cal/OSH Appeals Board presents the latest in its “Making the Case” workshops that let the regulated public hear firsthand from administrative law judges on how to present a case “to ensure a fair resolution of workplace safety issues.” The all-day workshops are Sept. 22 in Los Angeles and Sept. 23 in Sacramento. The free workshops …
A Cal/OSHA advisory committee will meet Sept. 29 in Sacramento to hash over a petition that would establish rules for use of “Jacob’s Ladders” at refineries. At such facilities, Jacob’s ladders are used to perform maintenance inspection and repair work in places physically impossible to reach via building scaffolding, or to provide initial internal access …
As every safety professional knows, controlling workplace hazards requires regular and effective training for workers and supervisors. But in the case of Ironworker-Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT), training on dangers unique to this high-hazard industry extends to Cal/OSHA itself. Starting in November, IMPACT, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the Western …
While a whopping 85% of workers surveyed by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) say that workplace safety ranked first in importance to them, the media and the general public tend to pay attention to the issue only when workplace catastrophes occur. Tom Smith, director of NORC’s General Social Survey, notes that coverage of the …
SACRAMENTO — The Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board voted Sept. 1 to proceed with rule changes designed to address issues that stakeholders say have made the appeals process cumbersome and often unfair. The board is will officially publish the rule changes for public comment after agency and Office of Administrative Law approval. The changes include: A …