California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health began an investigation April 7 into the death of a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning worker in a fall from a ladder. The worker was a pipe fitter employed by Control Air Conditioning Corp. and working at a four-story hospital building under construction in Santa Monica. The incident occurred March …
He might only be keeping the seat warm until Fed-OSHA names an official administrator, but Jordan Barab could generate plenty of heat in his new position. Barab, a senior staffer to Rep. George Miller on the House Education and Labor Committee and a former official with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, has …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating three worker fatalities on April 4 in the Los Angeles area. First, a landscape worker was killed at Universal Studios when a tree-removal operation went wrong. The victim was an employee of Valley Crest Maintenance. He was working with five other employees to remove an oak …
Why is everyone misinterpreting the standard and the 1998 Decision After Reconsideration (DAR) Rudolph & Sletten? Even Cal-OSHA Reporter is not quoting the standard correctly. Take another look. The standard says: “In addition to the stairways required in Section 1629, a construction passenger elevator for hoisting workers shall be installed and in operation on or in …
It’s been more than four years since Michael Petrini died after his riding lawn mower flipped over onto him at a Central Coast mission, but a draft regulatory package by the Cal/OSH Standards Board to prevent similar tragedies is nearing the stage where it will be formally proposed. Not only would the changes require seat …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order have been adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SAFETY ORDERS: Revisions to this set of regulations …
A marine terminals procedure that currently is unregulated in California would get a set of regulations under a proposal by the Cal/OSH Standards Board based on a 2008 federal action. The proposal, plus two others, are in a comment period that ends with a public hearing May 21 in San Diego. Vertical tandem lift (VTL) …
Two men were arrested in Southern California April 2 for allegedly impersonating Cal/OSHA investigators and shaking down businesses for phony compliance “certificates.” The men were identified as Joseph Chevyront, 42, of Hollywood, and Cameron Polk, 29, of Tarzana. They were arrested in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles by sheriff’s deputies. Details about the …