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DOSH Releases High-Hazard List (2)

Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has released its 2005-2006 Highest-Hazard Industry List, which the Division uses to select employers for programmed and intensive inspections. The list represents industries with lost-workday injury and illness rates higher than 200 percent of the statewide private industry average. Cal/OSHA’s High Hazard Enforcement Unit randomly selects individual employers … Read More »

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Inspectors’ Union Says LWDA Killing Last Cal/OSHA Physician Position; DOSH Contracts Services

California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS) says the state Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) has effectively abolished the Cal/OSHA Medical Unit by allowing the last physician position to remain unfilled and be taken back by the state. The move leaves the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) with only one registered nurse in … Read More »

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Feed Mill Supervisor Killed in Silo

A longtime employee of Foster Farms in Livingston was killed March 22 when corn he was attempting to remove from the inside of a silo cascaded down and crushed him. Kevin Sutherland, 51, had worked at the company for almost 30 years. According to Cal/OSHA, Sutherland and other employees were removing about 350 tons of … Read More »

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EBMUD Seeks Safety Specialist

East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) seeks a health and safety professional to identify hazards and implement programs and projects designed to eliminate those hazards, evaluate impacts of field techniques and work site procedures to address emerging regulatory issues, and conduct training for employees. Hazard identification and abatement, and experience implementing employee recognition programs, are … Read More »

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Now in Title 8 (144)

By a majority vote following a public hearing, Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. COLUMN STABILITY FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL ERECTION: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders §1710(f) were heard … Read More »

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DOSH “Prevention Pays” Seminars for Construction and Agriculture

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) sponors two free workshops in late April focusing on ways to craft effective safety and health programs in two of the state’s most hazardous industries – agriculture and construction. “Prevention Pays in Agriculture” is 12:30-3:30 p.m., April 22 at Fresno City Hall. The construction version is the … Read More »

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Smile and Get My Name Right

In our March 24 story about the first dental practice to qualify for Cal/OSHA’s SHARP recognition and exemption program, we were provided with an incorrect name for the photo caption. The person identified as Lolie Medina actually is Lollies Avila.

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California Constructor Wins ABC Award

Straub Construction, Inc., of Bonsall was one of 21 construction firms nationwide recognized by Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), for safety excellence. Straub was honored in the general construction contractors category, along with seven other firms. Award winners were selected from member firms achieving “platinum” status in the association’s Safety Training and Evaluation Process. … Read More »

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