The delayed data from the 2024 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries has finally been released. It shows 419 workplace deaths in California, a 5% drop from 439 in 2023. But when you remove the 30 fatalities attributable to “intentional self-harm,” versus the same adjusted figure from 2023, something curious is revealed. The 2024 purely work-related …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is down to five members with the resignation of Kathleen “Kate” Crawford, one of the two management members of the rulemaking body. Crawford tells Cal-OSHA Reporter she is “stepping back due to a serious health condition.” Board members and staff at the February meeting feted Crawford, who joined the Board in …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has released the results of investigations into explosions that occurred at two California refineries in recent years. One of the incidents led to serious injuries to a contract worker. The other cost the refinery almost $1 billion in damages. Cal/OSHA’s proposed penalties are close to $200,000. The …
There are six new California workplace fatalities, three of them in one Sierra Nevada incident that took the lives of six skiers as well. That incident involved Blackbird Mountain Guides, a “mountain adventures” company with locations in Truckee, Mt. Shasta, and Bellingham, Washington. On February 17th, three guides and six members of a backcountry ski …
Nine employers have earned Cal/OSHA’s recognition for their efforts to promote workplace safety. They include new entrants into the agency’s difficult-to-attain Voluntary Protection Program for Construction (VPP-C), the Cal/SHARP program, and the Golden Gate Partnership Program. Here are the new employers: FLINT Design Build, based in Roseville, is the newest member of VPP-C. it qualified …
Melvina Stacey’s safety journey has taken her from the oil fields of Alberta, Canada, to the concrete plains of Los Angeles, through a transformative experience that has deepened her passion for preventing workplace incidents. For her efforts, Stacey, director of health, safety, and environmental for FlatironDragados USA West, based in Chino, has been named Safety …