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Western Agricultural Safety Center Honors Sacramento Farm Bureau

In the first of what is planned as an annual awards program, University of California-Davis has honored two farm organizations for outstanding safety achievement. The university’s Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) recognized Sacramento County Farm Bureau and Silverado Farming Co. at a Sept. 19 ceremony at Clos Pegase Winery near Calistoga. Nominees … Read More »

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Dosh Meets Fy ’08 Inspection Goals

Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is meeting its inspection performance goals, including enforcement in construction and other high-hazard industries, according to newly released statistics. In fiscal-year 2008, which ended June 30, DOSH performed 7,908 enforcement inspections, slightly below its goal of 7,915. The total for 2008 included 7,424 private-industry inspections and 484 public-sector … Read More »

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DOSH Investigates Possible Heat Illness Death; Worker Killed By Bull

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating a possibly heat-related incident Sept. 8, causing the death of a farmworker in San Diego County. The victim was employed by Harry Singh & Sons, and was found in a company housing facility not breathing. The employee had been working in the fields that day. DOSH … Read More »

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Appeals Board, DOSH Pledge To Reform Abatement Appeals Process

OAKLAND – The death, at least for this year, of AB 1988, the bill intended to prevent employers from staying abatement of hazardous workplace conditions while citation appeals are pending, does not mean that abatement reform is dead. Quite the contrary. Both the Cal/OSH Appeals Board and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) … Read More »

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Band Of Survivors Battles Major Problems In A Miniature Town’s “First 72 Hours”

SACRAMENTO – It was a bad day for the citizens of Safetyville. A major earthquake had shaken the tiny town to its foundations, screams and moans could be heard from the injured, and nighttime was coming soon. Who should be treated first? Where should the injured be taken? What do survivors do until help comes? … Read More »

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Explosive Dust In A Food Plant? Take It Outside, Cal/OSHA Says

Raising the possibility of a combustible-dust explosion in a City of Commerce food-processing plant, Cal/OSH Standards Board has denied a variance to the facility on a dust collection system that is on the wrong side of the wall. Gold Cost Ingredients, Inc., applied for a variance from General Industry Safety Orders §5174(i), which requires that … Read More »

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Clarification (4)

In Cal-OSHA Reporter‘s Aug. 29 story about the Cal/OSH Standards Board adoption of a new regulation on control of dust in masonry operations, we attributed the following quote to board member Dr. Jonathan Frisch: “I’ve heard from ‘brickies’ all over the country about this.” Actually, the comment was made by fellow board member Steve Rank … Read More »

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Another Heat Illness OPU

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued a stop-work order to another farm labor contractor to protect workers from heat illness hazards. DOSH slapped the Order Prohibiting Use (OPU) on Coronado Irrigation Services of Shafter after a drive-by observation by an inspection team saw alleged violations of the state’s heat illness prevention … Read More »

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