California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the Aug. 11 death of a satellite television installer in Rancho Dominguez. The victim was employed by Connect Television, Inc., and was at a private residence to install a satellite system when he was found lying in the street next to his work van. The …
NEWARK – Longtime residents of the San Francisco Bay Area remember when the shores of the South Bay were marked by virtual mountains of salt, evaporated from nearby waters. Few of the salt piles remain, but one famous company, whose South Bay operations date back to when the 20s were still roaring, continues to put …
I read your article in the Aug. 1 Cal-OSHA Reporter about Cal/OSHA being ready to take action on “surfing” on rolling scaffolds (“Scaffold ‘Surfing’ Regulation Rolling Toward Cal/OSHA Action,” p. 9239). If Cal/OSHA allows self- propelling on narrow-width rolling scaffolds it would be creating conflicts within the Title 8 regulations that are applicable to scaffolding. …
SAN BERNARDINO – Cal/OSHA Consultation routinely presents employers with Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) awards and Golden Gate letters of recognition. But the recognition given to six entities for their cleanup work in the aftermath of devastating wildfires in the San Bernardino Mountains last fall was something extra special. Five contractors, working under …
Without a doubt having a crane operator that has been adequately trained, and ultimately certified, is vital to crane safety and California’s mandate on operator certification has made inroads in that area, but it is premature to start “back patting” on the program’s success (“With Crane Operator Certification, California Sees Fewer Incidents,” Aug. 8, 2008, …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has cited a second employer, Solis Farm Labor Contractor, in the wake of an investigation into the May death of a 17-year-old farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley from heat illness. And in another highly publicized case, DOSH is saying that the Aug. 2 death of a …
A challenge to the Harris Construction Decision After Reconsideration that established an affirmative defense for controlling employers rests on whether United Association Union Local 246 (UA) had “constructive knowledge” of the original Cal/OSH Appeals Board hearing on the case. The question is whether the union is considered to have exhausted all its administrative remedies before …
A Cal/OSHA advisory committee took little time deciding in late June that a three-plus-year-old petition on air compressor safety raised more questions than it answered and should be tossed. Petitioner Perry Kelley, who filed the regulatory request in 2005 while an engineer for Owens-Illinois, Inc., wasn’t even at the meeting. He apparently has left the …