This issue of COR is our last for 2003. We’ll be back with the Jan. 2, 2004, edition, marking the beginning of our 31st year of publication. In the meantime, we’ll keep you posted on any breaking news in occupational safety and health through our electronic Flash Reports. You can subscribe to them by visiting …
GLENDALE — The buzz in the film industry these days is a safety training program that is getting crew members and, increasingly, management, to a Disney facility in Glendale in droves. In an unassuming building not far from the San Gabriel Mountains, with Metroliner trains whizzing by, movie and television industry workers get vital training …
GLENDALE — Because Cal-OSHA Reporter has received no new decisions or Decisions After Reconsideration from the Cal/OSH Appeals Board since publication of last week’s issue, there will be no Decisions section this week. We will resume once we have a new supply of cases.
GLENDALE — The Associated General Contractors of California is hosting a series of training sessions for construction site safety officers, forepersons and others with project safety responsibilities who are working toward promotion to safety coordinator positions. AGC held its first session earlier this month. The next session is Jan. 13-15 in Diamond Bar, followed by …
GLENDALE — An appellate court erred when it reversed a Superior Court ruling that allowed consideration of Cal/OSHA regulations in a civil suit by an injured worker against a general contractor, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) told the California Supreme Court in an amicus brief submitted in the case Elsner v. Uveges. …
GLENDALE — Even though new rule-making proposals have been put on hold while the Schwarzenegger administration determines if they are business-friendly, agencies and boards must put together regulatory plans for the coming year. At its November meeting, the Cal/OSH Standards Board was presented with 50 proposed projects for 2004 (new and holdover) and was asked …
GLENDALE — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating two incidents last week in which workers died working around machinery. On Nov. 26, a Sonoma County man was killed after his clothing became entrapped in an auger bit and pulled him in. According to a published report, Dustin Fiori, 22, an employee …
GLENDALE — In its first meeting of the new year, the Cal/OSH Standards Board will hold a public hearing on three new proposed safety order revisions, including permanent adoption of workplace smoking restrictions recently incorporated into Title 8 on an emergency basis, and a revision of Cal/OSHA’s lockout/blockout requirements. The board will meet Jan. 15 …