The Sept. 3, 2004, death of a construction employee at a Napa work site was due to poor communication between the work crew and the actions of the deceased employee, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) said in issuing a citation on the incident. DOSH cited the employer, Tri-County, Inc., for an alleged …
University of California-Davis Extension announces the following courses in coming weeks: March 30: Fall Protection for the Construction Industry, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. April 1: Environmental and Toxics Regulatory Update, 8:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. April 5: Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 7: Noise and Hearing Conservation: An Overview, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, …
The City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) Department of Public Health (DPH) seeks an occupational health nurse and an assistant industrial hygienist to help CCSF departments develop and implement emergency preparedness plans. This includes assisting in selection and fitting of personal protective equipment, and development and implementation of respiratory protection programs. The assistant industrial …
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has released its 2004-05 Highest-Hazard Industry list. DOSH’s High Hazard Unit uses the list to select employers for programmed and intensive inspections. It represents industries with a lost-workday injury and illness rate more than 200 percent higher than the statewide private industry average. The High Hazard …
California’s twin injury and illness prevention program (IIPP) standards continue to be the most frequently cited Cal/OSHA regulations. Statistics for 2003 show General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 3203 and Construction Safety Orders (CSO) 1509 accounted for 41 percent of the top 10 most cited orders combined. Although alleged 3203 violations were down in number, from …
All it takes is a split second to irrevocably change a life. A finger, a hand, not pulled away at the last second from a saw blade, could be lost forever. Now, using the power of the millisecond, an Oregon entrepreneur with California roots might have invented a way to prevent power saw amputations. SawStop, …
Cal/OSH Standards Board will convene two advisory committees in coming weeks, one dealing with what a plastering company calls potentially dangerous conditions on scaffolds, the other the long-awaited reconvening of a committee on hearing conservation in several key industries. The scaffold committee meets March 23 in Sacramento and the hearing conservation committee April 22 in …
The Department of Industrial Relations reports a fatality at a Richmond workplace Feb. 28. An employee of Enterprise Transportation, based in Houston, Texas, was on top of his truck unloading lubricant oil when he fell over backward while attempting to close the top. The worker struck his head on the ground and was killed. On …