One of the more challenging – and hazardous – trades is electrical work. It’s also a vital component of construction and the energy grids. Preparing a steady stream of qualified electricians to do this important and dangerous work is the task of the many apprenticeship centers around California. The courses are challenging, and the programs …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health will hold its first advisory meeting on Wednesday, August 9th, about the newly authorized emergency temporary standard for silicosis prevention in the engineered stone industry. According to DOSH, the changes will clarify worker protections when cutting and polishing artificial stone and similarly hazardous materials. In July, the Standards …
A Cal/OSHA revision last year to the cranes and derricks regulation may have some unintended consequences for crane operators who want to recertify and their employers. In a petition to the Standards Board, the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO) suggests a couple of potential tweaks to General Industry Safety Orders §5006.2 …
Cal/OSHA in 2022 conducted the most onsite inspections in several years, although not as many as it did before the pandemic. And it issued citations for more violations than the pandemic years, but not nearly as many in the five years before that. The statistics were recently released. They reveal that more than half of …
Next week, August 7th to 13th is Safe + Sound Week throughout the country to promote workplace safety and health programs. Cal/OSHA Chief Jeff Killip is encouraging the safety community in California to get involved. S+S Week recognizes the success of workplace safety and health programs through pledges by employers, employees, and unions to commit …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and Standards Board has approved beginning work on an emergency temporary standard to protect engineered stone fabrication industry employees from silica exposure. Work is set to begin in the next few weeks. The ETS will be followed by permanent changes to Cal/OSHA’s current silica standard, General Industry Safety …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has finalized revisions to its regulation about electronic submission of injury and illness data. The revision will require certain high-hazard employers with at least 100 employees to submit their OSHA forms 300 and 301 electronically. The issue of electronically submitting 300 and 301 data has been controversial, resulting …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers recently settled several fatal fall cases. Here’s what happened and what the relevant regulations require employers to do to avoid such tragedies. PAR Electrical Contractors, based in Kansas City, Missouri, will pay $48,000 (53%) of a proposed $90,000 concerning an incident four years ago. Two employees …