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Agencies Investigating San Jose “Rocket Ranch” Explosion

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and four other agencies are investigating an explosion at Pratt & Whitney’s Space Propulsion Chemical Systems Division facility last week. One employee complained of hearing problems after the blast, which started a 37-acre grass fire at the 5,000-acre-plus facility east of San Jose, but there were no … Read More »

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Coming Up (2)

Cal-OSHA Reporter is taking its annual August break. We will return with the Sept. 5 issue, which also will include the Meetings page for September. In the meantime, following are some upcoming events of interest. Sept. 4: Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting, Harris State Building, 1515 Clay St., Suite 1304, Oakland. Information: Ed Callanan, 415-703-5107. Sept. … Read More »

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Labor Presses for Hand Weeding Ban

SACRAMENTO — With recently written legislation as its “fail safe,” farmworker advocates pressed growers for a regulatory ban on the practice of hand weeding, with carefully crafted exceptions, at an Aug. 1 advisory subcommittee meeting. After a day of give and take and some progress on a draft proposal, labor took the unusual step of … Read More »

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September Hearing on Roadwork Illumination, Industrial Truck Proposals

SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board will hold a public hearing Sept. 18 in Oakland on two new proposed safety order revisions. One would set new requirements for illuminating highway construction work at night. The other would revise the General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) regarding the maintenance of industrial trucks. The illumination proposal is based … Read More »

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OSHA’s Pact with Johnson & Johnson

SACRAMENTO — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an agreement with the consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson to identify and develop ergonomics best practices. The three-year partnership “will provide OSHA with first-hand knowledge” of the company’s successful ergonomics program. Johnson & Johnson has agreed to develop a written process to address … Read More »

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Following Up

SACRAMENTO — In our Aug. 1 story about the recent appointments to the Cal/OSH Standards Board, we received information pertinent to the story after our deadline. Former board chairman Jere Ingram, who was appointed to the board in 1986, became chairman in January 1992. Ingram told COR that the appointments and the end of his … Read More »

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Project Seeks to Reduce Vehicle Accidents by Commuting Farmworkers

SACRAMENTO — While a Cal/OSHA advisory committee is working to reduce injuries to farmworkers from bending over to pick weeds, another agricultural effort seeks to keep workers healthy when they are sitting down. Cal State-Fresno’s Center for Agricultural Business (CAB) recently kicked off a campaign to promote awareness among farmworkers about vehicle safety. Workers traveling … Read More »

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Standards Board Chairman’s Tenure Ends with Recent Appointments

It’s the end of an era for the Cal/OSH Standards Board. Jere Ingram, who was first appointed to the board during the Deukmejian administration and has served as chairman for a large portion of that tenure, presided over his last board meeting July 17. Governor Davis on July 25 named three new members to the … Read More »

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