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Use Condoms or – Risk Legislative Mandate

UKIAH — In an Aug. 16 letter to publishers and producers in California’s multi billion-dollar adult entertainment industry, Assembly Labor and Employment committee Chairman Paul Koretz urged them to adopt voluntary measures to protect performers from sexually transmitted diseases. But he warned that failure to adopt 13 harm reduction procedures developed by a UCLA infectious … Read More »

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Latest DOSH Investigations (2)

UKIAH — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating several recent Northern California fatalities. Two incidents happened Aug. 10. That morning, a 63-year-old maintenance worker at Golden Hill Community Church in Brentwood fell from a ladder while washing windows and was killed. That afternoon, an employee of New Carpet Mechanics in Napa … Read More »

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Legislature About to Pass Bill with Heavy Penalties for Employee “Lock-ins”

UKIAH — The state Legislature is poised to send a bill to the governor that would prohibit the practice of locking employees in a workplace, and would increase penalties by 10 times in cases where workers die or are seriously injured as the result of a lock-in. AB 2545 by Assemblyman Paul Koretz (D-West Hollywood) … Read More »

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Standards Board Seeks Exec. Sec.

UKIAH — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has announced an opening for an executive secretary, who would serve under the general direction of the board’s executive officer. The job is open to state employees who currently are classified at the Executive Secretary I level or who have list eligibility. Among other responsibilities, the secretary coordinates development … Read More »

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OSHA Seeking Comments on Best Practices Document for “First Receivers” of – Mass Casualty Victims

UKIAH — Fed-OSHA is inviting comments on a draft publication, “Best Practices for Hospital Based First Receivers of Victims of Mass Casualty Incident Involving the Release of Hazardous Substances.” The publication is intended to provide hospitals with practical information for developing emergency management plans to protect emergency personnel when contaminated victims of mass casualty events … Read More »

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Steel Erector Settles with Mendocino D.A.- Misdemeanors, Big Fines in Fatal – 2003 Ft. Bragg Column Collapse

UKIAH — It was a jarring sight in Courtroom H of the Mendocino County Courthouse last week. In the middle of an arraignment proceeding where jumpsuit-clad defendants shuffled in and out of the courtroom, pleading to charges of public drunkenness, spousal abuse and check-kiting, an executive, dressed sharply in a business suit, strode before the … Read More »

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Advisory Committee Update

UKIAH — Noise Committee to Meet Sept. 17; Board Terminates Excavation Rulemaking – No Consensus The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has announced it will convene an advisory committee Sept. 17 in Oakland to discuss a petition to require certification for audiometric testing technicians. The committee also is scheduled to discuss a 1999 … Read More »

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Now in Title 8 (124)

UKIAH — By a majority vote following public hearings, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. LEG PROTECTION FOR PORTABLE CHAIN SAW OPERATIONS: Revisions to Logging and Sawmill Safety … Read More »

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