The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued an Order Prohibiting Use to U.S. Pipe and Foundry, a Union City company which suffered a steam explosion last week that injured 12 workers. DOSH is prohibiting use of molten-iron pouring equipment, according to Dean Fryer, spokesman for the Department of Industrial Relations. The equipment …
Integrated Environmental Systems, Inc. (IES), which was facing a potentially contentious appeal hearing on a series of citations it was issued earlier this year by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), settled with the Division just hours before the hearing. The Cal/OSH Appeals Board had scheduled two days of hearings, Dec. 7 and …
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) says it has found “no evidence” that the back belts commonly used in the retail industry reduce back injury or pain. Results of the two-year study, which NIOSH called “the largest of its kind ever conducted,” were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical …
Improvements to cotton processing that have helped eliminate “brown lung” disease among textile workers have prompted the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to exempt a washing technique from its cotton dust standard. The action follows a two-year review of the standard, which was adopted in 1978. Fed-OSHA says the regulation has contributed to “a …
As the end-of-the-year holidays draw near, it’s a good time to remind our co-workers, family and friends that a time of joy can quickly become a time of tragedy because of a stupid act behind the wheel. Bo Bradley, a safety professional for the construction firm Harbison-Mahony-Higgins (HMH) in Sacramento, recently reminded COR that Dec. …
The American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation (ASSEF) and the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) have announced a $12,000 research grant partnership. Both foundations are accepting grant applications from safety and health researchers on the issue of “Developing Future Safety Cultures in Industry,” aimed at enhancing the occupational safety and health performance of managers, supervisors …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board will meet for the first time in the new millennium Jan. 18 in Los Angeles. The board will conduct a public hearing on two proposed amendments to Title 8 safety orders. The first proposal would revise Construction Safety Orders (CSO) 1504 and General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 3622 with regard to …
In a week, it will be graduation day at the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). That’s when the cream of a large crop of budding safety and health inspectors becomes the first class to complete a unique training program that promises to help DOSH find new personnel. The 12 “junior” industrial hygienists and …