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High-Tech Firm Settles Case – 42 Citations & Almost $200,000 in Penalties

Fremont-based American Xtal Technology has settled its case with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) over allegations that it over-exposed its employees to gallium arsenide. While every citation issued by DOSH was maintained, the final penalty was reduced from a proposed $313,655 to $198,655 because of several classification adjustments, according to Department of … Read More »

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Standards Board Adopts New Trenching, Confined Space Requirements

SAN DIEGO – The Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted two new regulatory packages at its March 15 meeting here, one that would shore up trenching requirements and another designed to prevent confined space deaths related to oxygen-rich atmospheres. In a brief, but busy meeting, the board also held a public hearing on two other proposals, voted … Read More »

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Safety Officer for San Francisco

San Francisco’s Department of Public Health has an immediate opening for a safety officer within its Occupational Safety and Health Section. This is a provisional, non-civil service position. The position requires demonstrable skills and experience with workers’ compensation case management, indoor air quality investigations, ergonomics, and general industrial hygiene and safety competency. Experience with asbestos, … Read More »

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A Brief Public Hearing

The board received no comments at its public hearing March 15 on the one proposal on its agenda. It would make revisions to the Construction and General Industry safety orders to prevent the inadvertent movement of hoisted loads, which can pose a danger to construction and other workers. The amendments were recommended by the Division … Read More »

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Standards Board Terminates Action on Rebar Proposal – Will Go to Committee

The Cal/OSH Standards Board’s staff will terminate its rulemaking action on Construction Safety Orders 1712(a) and (e) and instead send the proposal to an advisory committee that is planned for other 1712 matters. A public hear-ing was held on the proposed revisions in January and a number of commen-ters raised objections or questions regard-ing portions … Read More »

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Another Comment Period for DOSH Amusement Ride Regulations

Because not all members of the public who were entitled received notice of a 15-day comment period on the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (DOSH’s) permanent amusement ride administrative regulations, the Division is reinitiating the period. It will accept comments on the proposed modifications from that period until March 26. And since it has … Read More »

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April Public Hearing on Lead Notification, Energized Conductor Proposals

When the Cal/OSH Standards Board meets April 19 in Sacramento, it will conduct a public hearing on two significant proposed revisions to Title 8 safety orders. One would, for the first time, require employers to notify the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) of lead-related work in advance of starting a job. The other … Read More »

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Two March Deaths in Separate Movie-Industry Incidents

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating two recent deaths in Southern California’s entertainment industry that happened within a week of each other. According to Department of Industrial Relations spokesman Dean Fryer, a worker helping erect the set for the upcoming picture “Spider-Man” was killed March 6 when a large “rough-terrain” forklift … Read More »

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