Our Aug. 25 item about citations to J&J Acoustic in the Jan. 10 death of a worker at Berkeley City College contained incorrect information. We stated that the employer was cited for alleged general violations, but no accident-related violations. But COR since has learned that it received the wrong set of citations. We apologize for …
Two California labor organizations have petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board for an emergency standard to protect food industry workers from exposure to diacetyl, a flavoring chemical tied to severe lung disease. Two workers in the state’s flavorings industry have been diagnosed with Bronchiolitis obliterans, triggered by exposure to diacetyl, and California’s Division of Occupational Safety …
More than three years after the California Legislature stiffly increased penalties for failing to report the most serious workplace incidents, Cal/OSH Appeals Board has weighed in on a crucial question: Is the highest penalty the sole penalty? No. The board ruled, in the first of what should be several cases involving Cal/OSHA administrative regulations §342(a) …
About the Cal/OSH Appeals Board Decision After Reconsideration holding that fatality and serious injury reporting violations don’t carry an automatic $5,000 penalty, Gregory DeLong, safety and compliance manager for Command Packaging of Los Angeles, says: “The board has made exactly the right ruling. It’s about time that employers, especially in California, got a break! In …
California Office of Administrative Law has approved revisions to Construction Safety Orders Appendix B, Sanitation of Safety Devices. The changes are now in the California Code of Regulations. The regulatory change removes from the appendix several substances approved for sanitizing personal protective equipment, excluding respirators. Use of formalin, carbolic acid, Lysol or denatured alcohol no …
California State Compensation Insurance Fund plans to hold a free seminar on accident investigation training Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at State Fund’s Monterey Park District Office, 900 Corporate Center Drive, in Monterey Park. Registration is available by mail, fax, phone, or e-mail. Participants are advised to register early because seating …
Fed-OSHA is holding a two-day Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health meeting in Washington, D.C. beginning Sept. 26. The meeting is the first since the committee’s re- establishment earlier this month. MACOSH advises the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Fed-OSHA on issues relating the shipbuilding, ship breaking, ship repair and long shoring in …
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Redding District Office plans to hold a free seminar, “Improve Your Safety Program,” on October 18 in Redding. Featured speakers include David D. Strickler, Senior Safety Engineer for Cal/OSHA Consultation Service in Northern California. State Fund says the program will provide attendees with insights into the establishment of safety …