A Cal/OSHA advisory committee will meet later this month in the heart of snow country – Truckee – to try to resolve differences between Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the ski industry on transport of explosives. DOSH also will convene subcommittees of a committee considering a new standard to protect health care …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the deaths of three workers at sites throughout the state on May 27. At the Nut Tree Village project in Vacaville, a 38-year-old ironworker was killed while working about 20 feet from the ground in an aerial lift. A fellow worker noticed that the employee …
OAKLAND – Construction general contractors complain that Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s permitting process is ripe for delays, costing them big bucks. But now that DOSH has formally unveiled its solution to this institutional problem, California’s main trade group representing GCs says Cal/OSHA should instead delay its long-awaited new permitting rules. At an April …
The last time a star graced 47131 Bayside Parkway in Fremont, Arnold Schwarzenegger, then filming “Terminator 2,” was blasting his way through the lobby in a memorable scene from the 1991 sci-fi thriller. There’s a new star at the site, and it will stay at least three years. Mattson Technology, the most recent tenant of …
A national trade group has petitioned Cal/OSH Standards Board to revise the Construction Safety Orders (CSO) on seat belt requirements for off-road vehicles. Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) wants a change to CSO §1596(g)(4), which requires that seat belt webbing for haulage and earthmoving equipment be at least 3 inches wide, with 3,000 pounds of …
Under the slogan, “Mourn for the dead, fight for the living,” California organized labor commemorates Workers Memorial Day April 28 with programs throughout the state marking the passage of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act. In Los Angeles, Southern California Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health planned an event focusing on the strategies used …
Two California workers died recently in recent incidents involving falls, the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) reports. On April 21, a 45-year-old tree trimmer for Matt’s Tree Service in Forestville fell 30 feet from a tree. “Two other employees were on the ground cleaning up and only heard the employee hit the …
Despite potential opposition from some employer groups and concerns of a Cal/OSH Standards Board member, the board and Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) say they are targeting June for adoption of the permanent version of California’s landmark heat illness prevention standard. The move came at the April 20 board meeting in Sacramento, after …