SACRAMENTO — A Cal-OSHA Reporter reader recently contacted us, asking for help in finding the Title 8 requirement for seat belts on forklifts. “I checked Title 8 section 3649 to 3666, but I could not find anything specific on the seat belt issue. Maybe I’m missing it.” Indeed, the requirement is located between those sections …
SAN DIEGO — A Yolo County judge ruled May 17 that there is insufficient evidence to take the involuntary manslaughter case against farmer Donald W. Beeman to trial. Superior Court Judge W. Arvid Johnson ruled that the prosecution, led by Worker Safety Circuit Prosecutor Kyle Hedum, did not produce sufficient evidence to show that Beeman …
SACRAMENTO — Under a proposed new program just announced by Cal/OSHA, employers will have the opportunity to earn recognition for their safety and health program at varying stages. The Cal/OSHA Golden Partnership programs will replace the present Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and a pilot program for non-fixed-site construction contractors. It also will create entry and …
More than two years after the passage of AB 850, which gave the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) jurisdiction over permanent amusement rides, the Division has proposed the second of three sets of regulations implementing the law. The so-called “technical” regulations will be part of a public hearing by the Cal/OSH Standards Board …
There is general agreement that providing hand-washing facilities at construction work sites is the right and decent thing to do. But putting together a workable set of requirements is proving not at all simple. Representatives of construction employers, unions, the sanitation services industry and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) met earlier this …
This highly inventive safety graphic was forwarded to COR by Don Kinzig, process manager for Golden Kraft, which recently was enrolled in California’s Voluntary Protection Program (see News, April 26, 2002, p. 7779 and March 22, 2002, p. 7759). We have not been able to determine the author of “Coincidence or Not?” but we’d like …
Implementing a law Congress passed in 2000 to protect airline employees who report air carrier safety violations, Fed-OSHA has announced an interim final rule. The rule is based on the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, also known as “AIR21.” It was enacted in April 2000 and protects employees …
Shinning and multiple-lift rigging procedures appear in, controlled decking zones (CDZ) and custody of fall protection are still uncertain, but the big issues left over from California’s adoption of the new federal steel erection standard are all heading toward some kind of resolution. An advisory committee studying a proposal to deal with the remaining issues …