The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee will make a rare appearance in the Central Valley when it next meets Sept. 6 in Fresno. The meeting has been rescheduled from Sept. 13 in Oakland. The Fresno meeting is based on a suggestion from Fran Schreiberg from the Worksafe! organization. It starts at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited two Southern California employers in the wake of incidents earlier this year that killed one worker and injured another. Michael Patti Painting of Oceanside was cited for alleged serious and general violations after an incident in which a worker died after an explosion caused by ignited …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating a possible heat illness incident July 27 that resulted in the hospitalization of a worker. The incident occurred in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Copperopolis at the Saddle Creek Resort. An employee performing landscaping duties was admitted to the hospital after suffering apparent heat …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board is looking for a new executive officer after the sudden resignation of Keith Umemoto. Umemoto, who has overseen the day-to-day activities of Cal/OSHA’s rulemaking arm since 2003, informed the board of his decision Aug. 3. He will remain executive officer until Aug. 20. Umemoto declined to give Cal-OSHA Reporter a specific …
A Cal/OSHA advisory committee convened July 26 to consider revisions to the safety order covering outdoor advertising structures – billboards – made short work of its task and came to agreement on a proposal that now heads into formal rulemaking. The proposal is based on a 2001 request by Mark Chen, a fall protection sales …
The first company to be cited for exposing workers to the lung-destroying substance diacetyl was scheduled to have its appeal heard this fall. But before that day in court, the Cal/OSH Appeals Board found itself before a judge after a tussle over a continuance. Ironically, it was the board’s own actions that led to the …
Nagging questions about how requirements for gate inspections in a new standard could be fulfilled have prompted Cal/OSH Standards Board to modify the proposal. Proposed General Industry Safety Orders §3324 is intended to keep workers safe from manually sliding gates that can become unhinged and crush them. DOSH has investigated a number of incidents in …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) seeks so-called “jumbo” penalties in the March amputation of a worker’s arm in a milling machine at the Hershey Chocolate and Confectionery Corp. plant in Modesto. The case in part prompted the company to announce it is closing the facility and moving operations to Mexico. Sanitation worker …