California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating a series of workplace fatalities in recent days, including a cable industry worker who died after being ejected from a lift bucket, and two workers who died the same day. The fatalities occurred within a four-day period, starting with a Nov. 13 incident near Lake Arrowhead. …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order 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. DUST COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR WOODWORKING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT: Revisions to General Industry …
In coming weeks, Cal/OSHA advisory committees will meet to consider regulatory fixes for construction hoist inspection practices that pose “severe” injury potential and respirator protection that might not be as good as originally thought. On Nov. 28, the Cal/OSH Standards Board will convene a committee to consider revisions to Construction Safety Orders §1604.24(a)(3) on car-top …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the gruesome death of a 24-year-old worker from Orange who was pulled into a wood chipper in a residential section of Tustin Nov. 7. Co-workers did not see what happened to Gabriel Gonzales-Ferrer, who was feeding branches into the chipper while two other workers trimmed …
A year after Cal/OSH Appeals Board unveiled a package of regulatory reforms designed to make the appeals process more “efficient and responsive,” it is poised to take effect. The board has adopted revisions to board regulations §§ 347, 350.1, 355, 359, 359.1, 371.2, 374, 385, 386, 392.4 and 392.5, and they are “currently under review …
A familiar face is taking over the day-to-day operations of Cal/OSH Standards Board. Marley Hart, who left the board several months ago to take a position with the Department of General Services, was named executive officer Nov. 9. She began her new assignment Nov. 13. Hart, who previously was manager of the board’s Administrative Support …
Cal/OSH Standards Board has set its 2008 public hearing and meeting schedule. All meetings begin at 10 a.m. Jan. 17: County Administration Center, Room 358, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego. Feb. 21: Harris State Building, Auditorium, 1515 Clay St., Oakland. March 20: Glendale City Hall, Council Chambers, 613 E. Broadway. April 17: State Resources Building, …
Saying a Cal/OSHA enforcement action on antibiotic-resistant staph infections at Folsom State Prison came as a surprise, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) says the department plans to appeal the citations recently handed down. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) cited CDCR for two alleged serious violations, and …