SAN FRANCISCO — This issue of Cal-OSHA Reporter is our last for the year. We will resume with our Jan. 4, 2002, issue. This issue also marks the end of volume 28. You should remove the NEWS section from your binder and move it to a separate binder. All other sections should stay in your …
SAN FRANCISCO — A free program funded by charitable foundations is providing education, medical screening and other services to low-wage workers throughout California. The Worksite Wellness Project, a five-year-old program based in Los Angeles, works with small, light-manufacturing businesses and conducts free bilingual health programs in the workplace. “We currently work with about 15 companies, …
SAN FRANCISCO — In a three-page letter to Cal-OSHA Reporter, Randy Franklin, safety and risk manager for Sully-Miller Contracting Co., based in Anaheim, has responded to an article we published in our Nov. 30 issue (p. 7698). We reported about a Cal/OSH Appeals Board Decision After Reconsideration (DAR) involving an employee who was killed after …
LOS ANGELES — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) acknowledged breakdowns in its Anaheim office in a tense field hearing held by the state Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (L&IR) Nov. 29 at the State Building in historic downtown L.A. At the same time, DOSH’s admissions also have cast light on …
LOS ANGELES — At its first meeting of the new year, the Cal/OSH Standards Board will hold a public hearing on three proposed revisions to Title 8, including the California adoption of the new federal safety standards for steel erection. The board will meet Jan. 17 in Los Angeles. The steel erection final rule was …
LOS ANGELES — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued eight citations, including one citation for an alleged willful/serious violation, to a Tarzana employer where two workers died earlier this year. Bodycote Thermal Processing has been cited for 16 alleged safety order violations, with proposed penalties totaling $153,720. The most serious citation …
LOS ANGELES — Tom Morris, 47, safety director for R.M. Harris Co., has died after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service was held earlier this week in Vacaville. Samantha Turner, a safety representative for Swinerton, Inc., and a longtime friend of Morris, described him as “a really good person and very family oriented.” …
LOS ANGELES — By a majority vote following a public hearing, the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revision to a Title 8 safety order. It has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and is now in the California Code of Regulations. ACCIDENT PREVENTION SIGNS: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders 3340(c) and …