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Spanish-Speaking H&S Trainer

LOS ANGELES — UCLA’s Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) program is seeking a bilingual trainer for the newly funded Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Project (WOSHTEP). The trainer will assist in the development of Spanish-language curricula, provide training for workers and employers, help design and implement pilot projects for special populations … Read More »

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A Firsthand Account from the Front Line

Some 12,000 firefighters converged in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas in recent weeks to battle the most devastating series of fires ever to hit California, a conflagration that dwarfed the Oakland Hills fire of 1991. The worst is over now and the firefighters, who came from throughout the state, have returned home. One … Read More »

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DOSH Chief to Speak At ASSE Seminar

Len Welsh, acting chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), will be the luncheon speaker at the 2003 Business Owner’s Compliance Seminar, hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. The seminar will feature Bob D’Amato, president of the American Safety Institute, and Herman Jett, area manager … Read More »

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Public Agency Safety Staffers Feel the Downswing of the Economic Pendulum

It happens every decade or so and all anyone can do is ride it out. The economy starts to wobble and California’s cities, counties and other public agencies have to starting cutting back. For safety and health managers in these agencies, it means paring programs down, often to the bare minimum required by law. Sometimes … Read More »

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Standards Board Releases Airborne Contaminants, “Working Warehouse” Proposals – for Public Comment

The Cal/OSH Standards Board will hold a public hearing Dec. 18 in Sacramento on two new regulatory proposals, including the latest revisions to Title 8’s airborne contaminants tables and a clarification of safety rules for so-called “working warehouses.” The proposed airborne contaminants changes would revise General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 5155, which establishes minimum requirements … Read More »

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More Changes to Rebar Proposal

LOS ANGELES — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has issued a second set of proposed modifications to a rule-making package intended to address the hazards associated with reinforcing steel (rebar). The new modifications are based on comments received after a first set of so-called “15-day notice” modifications were issued earlier this month. The original proposal was … Read More »

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Longtime Board Chairman Says Good-Bye

SACRAMENTO — It was probably the first and only time members of the Cal/OSHA community had seen Jere Ingram without a suit and tie. The longtime chairman of the Cal/OSH Standards Board, who was replaced as occupational health representative on the board in August, bade farewell to the board staff, former board members and others … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA’s 1000th Star Site

SACRAMENTO — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration recognized the Titleist Ball Plant II in Dartmouth, Mass., as its 1000th site to receive Star status under the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The facility is owned by Acushnet Co. The Dartmouth plant is the fourth Acushnet site to earn Star status. It employs 400 people.

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