Fed-OSHA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have launched a campaign to encourage all federal employees to wear seat belts in all stations of moving vehicles. “Every Belt-Every Ride” emphasizes wearing a safety belt no matter which seat federal employees are in when traveling in government vehicles, private automobiles, taxis or other vehicles. …
LOS ANGELES — The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee gathers every two months to learn what is happening among the various arms of the worker safety agency and give the regulated public’s view of how it can be made more effective. At the latest meeting, Sept. 10 in downtown Los Angeles, members of the committee had a …
LOS ANGELES — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) intends to publish a hazard alert to employers and employees in the granite counter top fabrication industry on the dangers of silica-containing materials. The Division circulated a draft version of the alert to the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee, seeking comment before it is published this …
Among other regulations it will consider at its Sept. 23 meeting in Sacramento, Cal/OSH Standards Board will have two emergency rulemaking packages up for adoption. No public hearing is scheduled for the items, which include revisions to General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) on hand weeding and respiratory protection from tuberculosis, but members of the public …
The Public Agency Safety Management Association (PASMA) will hold its 2004 conference Oct. 5-8 at the Hallmark Suites in Rancho Cordova. The conference will feature professional development sessions and a vendor exposition. Sessions include such subjects as a Cal/OSHA update, accident investigations, training requirements, the impact of recent legislation, law enforcement accident prevention and ergonomics …
Governor Schwarzenegger was expected to announce this week that a familiar face in Cal/OSHA circles has been named the permanent chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). Richard Warner, former Industrial Hygiene manager for Southern California Edison and currently safety manager for Disneyland, who was nominated to the post almost one year …
OAKLAND — Heeding the sentiment of an advisory committee that had met a week previously and advice from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (DOSH) acting chief, the Cal/OSH Standards Board re-adopted as-is an emergency regulation that allows crews removing trees to use a crane to place qualified tree workers. The unanimous vote came …
OAKLAND — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has begun investigations of the following recent incidents. Aug. 19: An explosion inside an ethylene oxide chamber at Sterigenics in Ontario injured four employees, three seriously enough to be hospitalized. The chamber is used to sterilize medical equipment. There were no employees in immediate proximity …