OAKLAND — An accident waiting to happen? How about a fatality waiting to happen. This photo was taken at a residential construction site. Fall protection at such work sites has been a major Cal/OSHA focus. Let’s hope this safety brain cramp was just an isolated incident. Photo by Robert Gumpert/Courtesy Department of Industrial Relations
OAKLAND — The Bay Area is in a spate of bridge building not seen since the Golden Gate and Bay bridges were erected within a couple of years of each other in the 1930s. Six of the bay system’s eight bridges are undergoing some kind of retrofit, replacement or expansion. The eastern span of the …
OAKLAND — The Cal/OSH Standards Board granted the following variances at its Jan. 16 meeting in Los Angeles: Kenny/Shea/Traylor/Frontier-Kemper, Joint Venture, Los Angeles: Permanent variance from Construction Safety Orders 1604.24(a) and .26(c), and Tunnel Safety Orders (TSO) 8495(b)(1) regarding the operation of construction personnel hoists without regular attendants at three temporary work sites. The joint …
LOS ANGELES — Those hoping for action on the California Labor Federation’s petition to reopen the state’s ergonomic standard at the Jan. 16 Cal/OSH Standards Board’s meeting instead got an object lesson in patience. The board accepted a recommendation by Len Welsh, special counsel for the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), to delay …
LOS ANGELES — Cal/OSHA’s revised injury and illness recordkeeping regulation has been in effect for more than a year, but one of its provisions kicks in this February. It is the revised annual posting of the injury and illness summary. Under the new procedures, employers must post the Log 300 summary for three months, from …
LOS ANGELES — California Safety Services Group (CSSG) announces its 15th annual Cal/OSHA Update Seminar series, March 11 through April 4 throughout the state. The seminars will review and update significant Cal/OSHA regulation and policy changes, including the state’s new mold laws and proposed changes to California’s ergonomics standard. CSSG also is offering a two-hour …
LOS ANGELES — Fed-OSHA’s lengthening list of partnerships reached into California with the announcement of an agreement between the federal agency and the Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association. The organization represents more than 30 ship repair firms at the port, which mostly service U.S. Navy vessels. In this partnership participating employers will make …
LOS ANGELES — In our Jan. 17 story, “Residential Fall Protection Standard One Step Closer with Committee Progress” (p. 7923), we stated that attorney Kevin Bland represented “a number of construction industry organizations.” Bland notes that he officially only represented one organization on the advisory committee – the California Framing Contractors Association.