SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board authorized a “working group” at its Oct. 17 meeting in the state capital to explore the need for a revised ergonomics standard. The 12-person working group will meet Nov. 15 in Oakland and is open to the public. The ergonomics issue dominated the four-hour Sacramento meeting. The board also …
TORRANCE — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has revised the Employer’s Report of Occupational Injury or Illness, Form 5020. The changes are now part of Title 8, effective Oct. 19, 2002. The revisions include instructions on protecting the confidentiality of employees. The shaded areas of the form indicate confidential information. Two questions have …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board has authorized advisory committees to study two petitions but denied a third, with some reluctance, due to concerns of the board’s staff about jurisdiction and the resource-intensive nature of the petition. Hand Weeding This petition, filed July 1 by the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF), the United Farm …
The Safety Center, Inc., is soliciting nominees for its 2003 Excellence in Safety Awards, which will be presented at the organization’s Jan. 30, 2003, Safety Symposium in Sacramento. “We are looking for individuals or organizations whose dedication and achievements have promoted a safer environment,” the Safety Center announced. “Acts of heroism, development of innovative safety …
The Manhattan District Attorney has issued an indictment against the president of a scaffolding company implicated in the fatal collapse of a building undergoing restoration in October 2001. Phil Minucci, president of Tri-State Scaffolding & Equipment Supplies, Inc., was charged with five counts of second-degree manslaughter and four counts of second-degree assault in connection with …
OAKLAND — The East Bay Municipal Water District (EBMUD) Wastewater Treatment Plant in East Oakland celebrated becoming only the second public entity to attain Star status in the Cal/VPP program Oct. 15 in a ceremony at the plant. EBMUD joins the Eastern Municipal Water District as the only two public facilities to be enrolled in …
SANTA ROSA — Public agencies take many forms, from municipalities to fire-fighting organizations. So too do the hazards their workers face – everything from dog bites and sore feet to life-threatening situations. The Public Agency Safety Managers Association, known informally as PASMA, exists to help safety and health managers in these organizations deal with those …
Two employers caught in the act of doing something right in California’s Inland Empire were the first recipients of recognition letters from the Cal/OSHA Consultation Service under the new Golden Partnership program. Dick Pacific Construction, a Hawaii company completing a 520-megawatt power plant in Blythe, and H&M Construction, which is erecting a 1.3-million-square-foot distribution plant …