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 …
Title 8 variances that actually involve occupational safety and health issues are relatively rare, but San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (SDG&E) recently was granted two of them by Cal/OSH Standards Board. The board also has granted a safety-oriented variance to Richard Joseph & Co., along with the usual elevator-related variances. SDG&E was granted variances …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a recent workplace fatality, as well as an injury incident at an important tunneling project in the San Francisco Bay Area. The fatality was on Oct. 26. In Kettleman City, an employee of Family Ranch, Inc., was killed in a blueberry field. The worker was …