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Arioto Named To Federal Committee

Former Cal/OSH Standards Board member Elizabeth Arioto has been named to Fed-OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH). She will serve as public representative on the 15-member committee, which advises the U.S. Secretary of Labor on policy and construction standards. Arioto is safety manager for Flintco Construction and also is principal of Elizabeth … Read More »

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Standards Board Modifies Jobsite Vehicle, Workplace Exits Proposals

Cal/OSH Standards Board has published 15-day notices of proposed modifications on two rulemaking packages that have been subject to public hearings. Comments on the modifications in both cases are due by Dec. 31. Jobsite Vehicles: Comments on a proposal to remove certain vehicles from requirements of Construction Safety Orders §1597 triggered a number of comments … Read More »

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Standards Board Member: Masonry Dust Proposal “The Lesser Of Several Evils”

SACRAMENTO – It was developed with the consensus of employers and worker representatives, and avoids a legislative mandate that could have significantly expanded its scope. But Bill Jackson, a management representative on the Cal/OSH Standards Board, doesn’t like the proposal to protect masonry, concrete and other workers from silica exposure. Among the many comments on … Read More »

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Top Cal/OSHA Stories Of 2007

Out with ’07, in with ’08 – the year sure has whizzed by. With this issue of Cal-OSHA Reporter the last for Vol. 34, we thought we’d take a look at some top Cal/OSHA stories of 2007. Multiemployer Makeover In a reversal of policy that the construction industry had long been looking for, Cal/OSH Appeals … Read More »

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DOSH Cites Another Adult Film Firm

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued citations alleging serious violations for bloodborne pathogens exposure to an Inland Empire adult film company. The Division’s San Bernardino district office cited Hot Desert Knights, Inc., a Palm Springs production company. The citations allege the firm did not have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program … Read More »

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Court Denies Desilva Gates Appeal

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has upheld California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), an administrative law judge and the Cal/OSH Appeals Board in the latest test of the state’s multiemployer worksite regulation, DeSilva Gates. The judge issued a tentative ruling Dec. 6 and confirmed the decision the next day after hearing arguments … Read More »

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Fewer BOI-Referred Safety Cases Charged By District Attorneys

Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations (BOI) is investigating more serious safety-incident cases than ever, but the percentage of those cases being referred to district attorneys for possible prosecution is shrinking, and the percentage of referred cases where charges are filed is declining, too. But there isn’t much to read into those statistics, according to Division of … Read More »

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Eyewash Violations Alleged In March Hazardous Exposure Incident

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has cited Altamed Health Service in East Los Angeles for alleged failure to provide emergency eyewash services following a March 29 incident in which more than a dozen employees were exposed to a hazardous chemical. Fourteen workers at the medical clinic were exposed to a spill of … Read More »

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