SACRAMENTO — A pipeline break at an oil refinery in Bakersfield resulted in a flash fire that burned three workers, two seriously, Jan. 19. Two of the workers injured during the explosion at Kern Oil and Refining Co. were listed in critical condition and the third was treated and released. According to a local report, …
SACRAMENTO — Governor Schwarzenegger has appointed Rick Rice and John Rea to permanent positions within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) and the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), respectively. Rice was named LWDA undersecretary. He has been serving as acting undersecretary at the agency. Rice was a public information officer for the Division of …
SACRAMENTO — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health released the following set of inspection statistics at the recent Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting in Los Angeles.
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted two proposals related to respiratory protection fit testing at its Jan. 20 meeting in Sacramento. One of the proposals is a revision to the state standard providing a permanent exception on medical evaluations prior to fit tests. The other is a Cal/OSHA response to a federal regulatory change. …
SACRAMENTO — There were no comments from the regulated public on two proposed safety order revisions, but members of the Cal/OSH Standards Board had questions and suggestions. The first proposal would revise General Industry Safety Orders 4650(d), Compressed Gas (Oxygen) Cylinder Storage, to deal with possible deficiencies in the regulation. Section 4650(d) prohibits employers from …
SACRAMENTO — California has rounded the final turn and is headed into the home stretch in its race to make sure that all eligible crane operators are trained and certified under Title 8 provisions adopted by the Cal/OSH Standards Board in June 2003. The question is, how many horses are still standing at the gate? …
SACRAMENTO — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration – under court order – has proposed rulemaking to significantly lower the permissible exposure limit (PEL) on hexavalent chromium for certain industries. The agency proposes lowering the PEL for hexavalent chromium and all Cr(V1) compounds in construction, shipyards and general industry from 52 micrograms to 1 …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has confirmed most of the venues for its 2005 monthly meetings schedule, as follows: Feb. 17: State Resources Building, 1416 Ninth St., Sacramento March 17: County Administration Center, Room 358, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego April 21: Harris State Building, 1515 Clay St., Oakland May 19: Office Building 9, …