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State Fund To Hold Workplace Safety Seminar Next Week In Bakersfield

State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a comprehensive workplace safety seminar in Bakersfield on Tuesday, March 20. The seminar will cover ergonomic workplace strategies, safety basics, and Cal/OSHA’s top ten workplace safety violations. Featured speakers at the seminar include R.J. Banks, State Fund’s Senior Ergonomist; James Boretti, Certified Safety Professional and CEO/President of Boretti, Inc.; … Read More »

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Employers Urged To Verify Credentials In Wake Of Impersonations

In the wake of several incidents involving a man impersonating a Cal/OSHA inspector and possibly defrauding restaurant owners near Santa Barbara and in Roseville, Cal/OSHA is encouraging employers to verify purported inspectors’ credentials. In the incidents under investigation, the suspect produced purportedly valid identification, then inspected worksites and claimed to find safety violations. The suspect … Read More »

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Warrant Issued For Suspected Cal/OSHA Imposter

Placer County Superior Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of a man police and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) suspect has been shaking down restaurant owners in Roseville and other parts of the state while posing as a Cal/OSHA inspector. The suspect is Raymond Richard Whitall II, 48, described as … Read More »

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Correction (18)

In its March 2 story about upcoming advisory committee meetings, COR incorrectly stated that a meeting on a diacetyl standard is Tuesday, March 21. The date is right but the day is wrong – March 21 is a Wednesday.

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Stran The Man

I wanted to point out a small typo in the fine Bob Stranberg piece (“Former Cal/OSHA Chief Stranberg Dies,” Feb. 23, p. 8875). Bob was appointed Deputy Chief in 1984 (not 1974). On a personal note, Bob was the gentleman that hired me in late 1984 as a 26-year-old “snot-nosed kid” (his term). He was … Read More »

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Safe Excavation, Residential Roofing Revisions Now In Title 8

California’s long-awaited safety order revisions designed to prevent catastrophic pipeline ruptures have been approved by the Office of Adminstrative Law (OAL) and become effective at the end of this month. OAL also approved changes to the Construction Safety Orders (CSO) that lower the trigger height for production-type residential roofing and take effect a day later. … Read More »

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DOSH Inspections, Citations Up

The latest statistics released by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) show a sharp increase in programmed inspections for the first nine months of 2006, compared to the same period the previous year. The increased inspections yielded a rise in alleged violations cited. The Division conducted 6,655 onsite inspections between January and September … Read More »

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Another Bill To Ban Diacetyl; ILWU Seeks To Regulate Indoor Heat Illness

California’s legislative season is under way, with a number of bills related to occupational safety and health, including a new measure to ban the flavoring chemical diacetyl, and legislation that would extend California’s heat illness standard to indoor workplaces. The diacetyl bill, AB 514 by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View), follows a state Senate bill … Read More »

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