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April Forum to Address Catastrophe Preparedness

The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation plans an April 7, 2006 forum that will assemble homeland security, emergency response, and occupational safety and health leaders to discuss individual, worker and employer preparedness for catastrophic risks. The conference will be held at the South San Francisco Conference Center, 255 South Airport Boulevard … Read More »

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Frito-Lay Gets its Cal/OSHA Safety Star; Setting its Sights on Zero Injuries

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – For a plant that little more than a decade ago was at a low point in its safety performance, Frito-Lay Rancho Cucamonga has come a long way. The 36-year-old facility capped its safety turnaround Feb. 21 when Cal/OSHA presented its Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) flag, marking its official entry into the exclusive … Read More »

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Willful Violations Charged, Jumbo Penalties Proposed in Pyrotechnic Case

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has charged an Ione pyrotechnic manufacturer with three willful and six serious violations following an August 2005 incident in which an underaged worker was severely burned after a canister of explosive pellets blew up. The temporary agency that was the worker’s employer also was cited. DOSH has … Read More »

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Standards Board Denies Crane Petition; NACB Sought Open Accreditation

SACRAMENTO – Cal/OSH Standards Board, heeding calls from within the regulated public to leave the state’s recently enacted certification requirements intact, denied a petition from North American Crane Bureau (NACB) to allow more accreditation entities. The action came at the board’s Feb. 16 meeting in the state capital. The board also heard about a new … Read More »

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Standards Board Adopts Three Safety Order Revisions, Including First Element of Title 8 Reform

Under Title 8 regulatory revisions approved by Cal/OSH Standards Board Feb. 16, steel erectors will be able to use new bracing techniques, concrete pumping operations will be guided by an updated safety standard and California’s occupational safety and health code officially will take its first step toward much-needed reorganization. The revision packages become official when … Read More »

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Heat Illness Prevention Forum

Construction Employers Association (CEA) presents “Heat Illness Prevention,” 12:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Concord Hilton Hotel. The forum will cover the defining characteristics of heat illness, risk factors, symptoms and preventive measures. Presenters are Robert Downey, RED Consulting and Virginia Siegel, On-Site Health & Safety. For more information or to register, call CEA at … Read More »

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One Killed, Six Hurt in Two Southern California Concrete Incidents

A young construction worker was killed Feb. 10 and several co-workers were injured in Murrieta when concrete pumping boom collapsed during a pour. In another Southern California incident Feb. 7, a worker was hurt when a bucket of cement fell on his head. The Feb. 10 incident happened at a residential construction site during a … Read More »

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Oral Arguments Set for Feb. 27 on Case of Fatality to “Rented” Worker

The long march of Cal/OSHA justice is set to take another step when California’s Third District Court of Appeal hears oral arguments Feb. 27 in Sully-Miller Contracting, a case that reaches back into the 1990s. The incident involved a worker for the paving contractor who was “loaned” to another paver because Sully-Miller had no work … Read More »

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