Included in this issue is the latest version of our Directory pages, which provide contact information for Cal/OSHA, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Appeals and Standards Boards, and many other state and federal agencies and occupational safety and health resources. Please remove old pages 50-001 to -006 from behind the Directory tab …
OAKLAND – At its Feb. 22 meeting at the Harris State Building here, the Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted two revised safety orders, held a public hearing on two other proposals, denied one petition and said goodbye – sort of – to its senior industrial hygienist. Board Chairman Jere Ingram announced that Steve Smith, a longtime …
The California Chamber of Commerce has sponsored a bill that would prevent the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) from routinely requesting companies’ voluntary safety self-audits as part of safety and health investigations. Assembly Bill 1356 was introduced by Assemblyman Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley) Feb. 23. It would add a new section, 6309.5, to …
In our Feb. 16 article, “LCCU Say Loss-Control Program is a Success – But Reforms Needed” (p. 7534), we referred to the “Cal-OSHA’s Loss Control Certification Unit.” LCCU Manager Robert McDowell reminded us that the unit is not part of Cal/OSHA, and that is an important distinction. “LCCU is a Department of Industrial Relations program …
The Cal/OSH Appeals Board has named Douglas Nareau as its chief counsel, effective Feb. 14. He comes to the board from the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, where he served for more than 12 years as the primary trial attorney for Public Works, and was based in Sacramento. Prior to that he worked as district …
The state’s high court has overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) and ruled that an employee wrongfully terminated after an injury is entitled to prejudgment interest in addition to back pay. The court issued the decision in Lorne Currie v. WCAB and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Feb. 26. …
The following items were received after publication of last week’s Meetings pages: Summit Loss Control Training Institute, Construction Industry OSHA 10-hour course at safety manager level: March 13, Ontario; March 14, Whittier; March 15, Thousand Oaks; March 20, Fremont; March 21, Sacramento; March 22, Modesto; March 27, Torrance; March 28, Irvine; March 29, San Diego. …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board approved the following variance decisions at its Feb. 22 meeting in Oakland: Baldwin Contracting Co., Chico: Permanent variance from Construction Safety Orders 1592(a) regarding the use of back-up alarms on mobile equipment at aggregate facilities in Marysville, Orland and Lincoln. Because the facilities are near residential areas and the required back-up …