The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) recently issued citations to three employers following investigations into workplace fatalities due to a vehicle maintenance mishap, a fall from a ladder and a rollover incident. Vehicle Maintenance Mishap DOSH has cited CR&R, Inc., of Perris, in the Dec. 10, 2008, death of an employee who was …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) issued citations for an alleged 21,158 Title 8 violations in calendar year 2008, a 3.5% increase over 2007. The jump in alleged violations follows significantly increased DOSH on-site investigations, including rises in accident- or complaint-based inspections. DOSH initiated just over 10,000 on-site inspections, up from 9,259 in …
A worker for the Desert Sands Unified School District in Indio was electrocuted July 20 after cutting through an electrical box at a middle school in the desert community. The incident occurred at Glenn Middle School when the worker was working in a 480-volt electrical box cutting plastic electrical ties and inadvertently cut through a …
By a majority vote following public hearings, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and now are in the California Code of Regulations. VERTICAL TANDEM LIFTS (VTLs): Additions to General Industry Safety Orders §3466 were heard at …
After another defeat in its quest to revise the state’s heat illness prevention standard, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) says it will reconvene stakeholders with an eye to permanent changes in General Industry Safety Orders §3395. DOSH Chief Len Welsh made the announcement July 20 in a conference call reactivating the Heat …
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 …