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A First for Cal/OSHA: Adult Film Companies File for Variances

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), which broke new ground in 2004 with the first-ever citations to the state’s adult film industry, is near another milestone with a probable settlement with one film company. And the Cal/OSH Standards Board is considering two highly unusual requests filed by adult production companies for variances to … Read More »

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Days Away Down in 2007

Some good news on the occupational safety front: The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the rate of injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work decreased 4% in 2007 nationally, to 122 per 10,000 full-time workers. Out of 4 million total recordable I&I cases in private industry last year, 1.2 million required at … Read More »

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Brace Yourself: Cal/OSHA Contemplates New Earthquake Requirements

How would your workplace fare in an earthquake? Aside from the structural stability of your building, what would happen to the furniture, shelving, racks and equipment if a significant temblor were to hit? Cal/OSHA wonders, too, and in response to a 2006 petition announces a Dec. 10 advisory committee in Sacramento to consider a proposed … Read More »

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Wholesale Changes to Cal/OSHA Mechanical Refrigeration Proposal

Comments by the manager of Cal/OSHA’s Northern California Process Safety Management (PSM) Unit have triggered a major rewrite of a Cal/OSH Standards Board proposal on mechanical refrigeration safety. The changes are in a 15-day notice of proposed modification by the board, for which comments are due Dec. 5. The proposal has its roots in a … Read More »

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Serious Violations Alleged in May San Diego Hotel Gas Explosion

A subcontractor on a high-rise hotel project in San Diego that was the scene of a natural gas explosion in May that badly burned three workers has been charged with four serious violations, with proposed penalties of almost $70,000. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) says Sherwood Mechanical, Inc., of San Diego failed … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA versus CARB?

GLENDALE — Participants in the Nov. 20 Cal/OSH Standards Board meeting were searching for apt analogies after a two-hour public meeting dominated by discussion of a petition on new California Air Resources Board (CARB) requirements for off-road construction equipment. “Cal/OSHA versus CARB” and “Godzilla versus Rodan” were just two of the titles that observers suggested … Read More »

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One Yea, No Nays on Crane Proposal

GLENDALE — Fed-OSHA thinks proposed Cal/OSHA revisions on crane safety dealing with outriggers are at least as effective as its regulations, and apparently the regulated public has no problem with them either. A Nov. 20 public hearing on revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §4994 produced no comments one way or the other. The proposal … Read More »

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