By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following Title 8 standards 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. AEROSOL TRANSMISSIBLE, ZOONOTICS DISEASES: New General Industry Safety Orders §§ 5199 and 5199.1 were heard at …
A narrow interpretation by a Cal/OSH Appeals Board administrative law judge (ALJ) in late 2007 that dismissed a serious violation in an injury case has prompted the Standards Board to revise a safety order so that portable augers are required to feature so-called “kill switches.” The proposed revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §4086 and …
Our May 1 story about the prosecution of ANC Roofing of Santa Rosa in the death of a worker who fell through a skylight prompted a reaction from the company, which said that no officers were sentenced to jail, contrary to our report. The article was based on information from the Sonoma County District Attorney’s …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a number of workplace fatalities and other incidents in late June and the first three weeks of July, including a mid-month incident in which a worker died in a cardboard grinder. The July 13 incident occurred at a Macy’s Department Stores warehouse in the Lincoln …
The University of California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) holds its annual Summer Institute, July 27-31 at the Harris State Building in Oakland. The institute offers 11 courses, covering industrial hygiene, Cal/OSHA’s new aerosol-transmissible disease standards, the occupational safety and health challenges of nanotechnology, preventing violence in the workplace and others. For more …
A settlement agreement recently worked out between California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the joint venture that built the first part of the new eastern span for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge puts to rest an unusual case, but also could represent a creative approach to a chronic problem — under-recording of …
Paul Gupta’s last day as part of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) was spent helping RRI Energy celebrate its certification into the Voluntary Protection Program in Port Hueneme. After 36 years with the agency, Gupta has conducted many an investigation and consultation. For the past couple of years, he has been part of …
Regarding the replacement of Victoria Heza with Chris Lee as Deputy Chief for compliance in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) [and the assignment of] of the old deputy chief to “special projects.” What exactly are these “special projects” that require a highly paid executive to manage? The imminent hazard that exists in Cal/OSHA …