Data from a variety of sources on the nature and prevalence of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths are now available in one publication for the first time in “Worker Health Chartbook 2000,” recently released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The Chartbook provides a “one-stop resource” for current statistics on numbers …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board granted the following variances at its Nov. 16 meeting in San Diego: Mobil Oil Corp., Torrance: Permanent variance from Boiler and Fired Pressure Vessel Safety Orders 781(b)(1), (2) and (4) regarding boiler attendance requirements. The company operates an oil refinery with five fired-steam boilers in Torrance and has implemented computerized systems …
Following are items we received after publication of our latest Meetings page. College course: Bob Fisher of the Cal/OSHA Consultation Service’s Sacramento office will teach a semester-long course, “Industrial Safety and Health,” at San Joaquin Delta College, beginning Jan. 10. Classes will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. For more information, …
The 10th annual conference of the California Industrial Hygiene Council will be held from Dec. 4-6 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Redondo Beach. The theme for this year’s conference is “Building an Environmental, Safety & Health Toolkit for the 21st Century.” The conference will be presented in six major topic areas: Trends in industrial …
California Safety Services Group (CSSG) announces that its 13th annual Cal/OSHA Update Seminar Series will run from Feb. 13 through March 2, 2001. The series, hosted by Robert Peterson and Joel Cohen, will be held in Rohnert Park, Burbank, Ontario, Anaheim, Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. The 2001 series will focus on the “broad-reaching impact” …
OAKLAND — State Senator-Elect Tom Torlakson and several amusement-ride consumer advocates urged the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to rewrite a key portion of its proposed regulations covering theme parks to match the “intent” of the enabling legislation, Assembly Bill 850. The comments came at a Nov. 20 public hearing on the proposal. …
OAKLAND — An Orange County Woman has petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board to investigate whether fluorescent lights, video games and doubleclick ads on computers can cause migraine headaches and photosensitive cluster seizures and should be regulated. Joan Krinsky, of Irvine, wrote to the board, “many people suffer from the headaches without realization of what causes …
SAN DIEGO — The Cal/OSH Standards Board delayed action on a proposal regarding scaffold safety at its Nov. 16 meeting here while its staff fine-tunes the standard’s new language. In other action, the board adopted amend-ments to General Industry Safety Order 5155 updating its airborne contaminants table. It also held a public hearing on two …