A worker for a Caltrans contractor was seriously injured a number of years ago when a mobile crane mounted on a flatbed truck tipped while he was hoisting a k-rail, pinning him to a barrier. But when the case came before a Cal/OSH Appeals Board administrative law judge, a serious violation on outrigger extension was …
The latest workplace incident probes by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) include a double fatality in Paso Robles, another death from a fall, a death from an encounter with plate glass and an amputation at a Northern California winery. The week of Sept. 30 started off with word to Cal/OSHA that a …
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. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES — FALL PROTECTION: Revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §§ …
As California’s legislative season comes to a close, no major bills dealing directly with occupational safety and health were approved by the governor, but a legislative fix for Cal/OSHA’s funding problems was signed at the 11th hour. AB 1389, a supplemental bill on state government, got the governor’s signature on Sept. 30, the last day …
County Safety Officers Organization of California (CSOOC) takes its annual conference to Lake County, Oct. 15-17. Meeting at The Lodge at Blue Lakes in Upper Lake, CSOOC’s fall conference features three days of educational sessions, networking and association meetings. Session topics include a review of Cal/OSHA’s proposed aerosol transmissible and zoonotic disease standards and issues …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the Sept. 23 death of a maintenance worker in Hesperia (San Bernardino County). The worker was doing maintenance on a street sweeper at Wood Brothers Trucking in the desert town and climbed into part of the vehicle to fix a problem, when its hopper fell …
A construction worker on a high-rise project in downtown San Francisco returned safely to his family one day this summer, despite being knocked off the ninth floor of the building by a tower crane load that had shifted. “Normally a sad story involving death, bereaved family members, OSHA investigations and allegations of failure to comply …
Cal/OSH Standards Board has done yeoman’s work in streamlining its process for approving variance requests on elevators and other conveyances made necessary by the inability of regulations to keep up with new technology. But what if that whole process could be bypassed? National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEI), believes Cal/OSHA should allow the performance-based safety code …