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Immigrants And Injury: April 18 Seminar

UC-Berkeley’s Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) Spring Symposium explores the dangers that immigrant workers face and possible intervention strategies. The all-day symposium is April 18 at the Elihu Harris State Building in Oakland. It will examine current research on occupational hazards “disproportionately affecting” immigrant workers, and explore health care access and policy initiatives. … Read More »

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Legislation Would Use EEEC For Sweeping Employer Audits

Legislation calling for accountability and efficiency in California’s push against the so-called “underground economy” gets its first hearing in the state Capitol soon. Two measures, backed by organized labor, aim to help the Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) enhance its effectiveness in assisting victims of wage and hour and health and safety violations. EEEC … Read More »

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Correction (24)

In our March 28 story, “Dental Groups Call on Standards Board to Protect Workers from Mercury,” we identified Kevin Biggers, a former member of the Dental Board of California, as a dentist. Biggers is not a dentist; he was a public member of the board. He currently is a candidate for the California State Senate … Read More »

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Firefighter’s Death A “Freak Accident”

A 10-year veteran Los Angeles firefighter was killed and an 18-year veteran seriously injured March 26 when a high-voltage cable exploded as they were attempting to open an electrical vault after responding to a fire call. Brent Lovrien, 35, died at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center after being blown six feet from the vault, and … Read More »

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Dairy Applies For Variance From Cal/OSHA Paperwork On “Yard Goats”

A Central Valley dairy firm that sought a variance from Cal/OSHA regulations because it thought the documentation requirements of the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) standard would have imposed a “severe paperwork burden” need not worry. Cal/OSH Standards Board denied the variance as unnecessary at its March 20 meeting, during which it granted 11 … Read More »

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ASSE And ANSI Announce New Consensus Standard On Pile Driving

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announce a new voluntary consensus standard, A10.19-2008, “Safety Requirements for Pile Installation and Extraction Operations.” ANSI approved the standard on March 24. ASSE says the standard will help prevent injuries associated with pile work during construction and demolition. Construction and extraction operations … Read More »

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Five Californians Among AIHA Fellows

Among the 40 industrial hygienists honored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) as 2008 Fellow Award winners are five Californians. Fellows are nominated by their colleages in the profession “for their significant contributions to the practice of industrial hygiene or related disciplines,” AIHA says. They make up about 5% of the association membership and … Read More »

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Cannery Charged In 2007 Worker Death

A New York-based corporation faces felony charges in Stanislaus County following the February 2007 death of a longtime worker at a cannery in Modesto. A premininary hearing is set for April 7 in the case against Seneca Foods Corp., charged with a violation of California Labor Code §6425(a). No company officers are named in the … Read More »

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