SOLEDAD – In the Salinas Valley – the nation’s “salad bowl” – Dole Fresh Vegetables keeps the greens moving with an industrial system straight out of the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels.” But when it comes to keeping the 1,000 or so plant workers safe, the approach is low tech. Training and communication are the key. …
By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revision to a Title 8 safety order has been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. It has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now is in the California Code of Regulations. CRANES AND OTHER HOISTING EQUIPMENT – SIGNALS: Revisions to General Industry Safety …
OAKLAND – The Division of Occupational Safety and Health intends to send a proposed standard to protect flavoring industry workers from the chemical diacetyl to the Cal/OSH Standards Board within 60 days, meaning it could be published for comment this summer. The Division also will keep an advisory committee busy studying the issue of how …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating an incident at Conoco Phillips Refinery in Rodeo in which an employee suffered serious burns. The Division also is probing a fatality in Buttonwillow. And the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is investigating an injury incident in Bakersfield involving an explosion at a housing development …
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. LANDSIDE FIRE PROTECTION: Revisions to Ship Building, Ship Repairing and Ship Breaking …
The California Assembly approved AB 1045 on May 21 by a 45-33 vote, moving legislation to the Senate to require employers to protect workers from indoor heat illness. The chamber also gave its nod to AB 354, which would create a lead abatement contractors’ registration program, 46-31. AB 1045 would require Cal/OSH Standards Board to …
Readers may notice that the 18 pages of 2006 Decisions published last week were not all from December, as we stated. They do, however, finish up our publication of 2006 Board DARs and ALJ decisions. The 18 pages, 40-5837.01 to .18, should be filed directly behind page 40-5837, published on Feb. 23, 2007. The entire …
Citations for serious injury and fatality reporting violations are commonplace these days, as evidenced by the steady stream of cases documented in our Decisions section. But here’s one with a twist: Not only was an employer cited for not reporting a hot-oil explosion at a San Francisco restaurant, but so was the local fire department, …