ANAHEIM — While Cal/OSHA wrestles with the problem of heat stress and how to craft a regulation to protect workers, a Tracy manufacturing plant has been dealing with extreme heat for years. Owens-Illinois, which manufactures bottles in this Central Valley city, works to prevent heat stress from temperatures that make the noonday sun seem almost …
ANAHEIM — You can give a worker water, but can you make him drink? This was one of the key questions under consideration by an advisory committee formed to study a proposal to write a California heat stress standard. Such a regulatory package appears probable. Committee chairman Bob Barish, senior industrial hygienist for the Research …
ANAHEIM — Fed-OSHA has extended the comment period for its draft ergnonomics proposal from Feb. 1 to March 2 “in order to accommodate the large number of requests the agency received from individuals needing additional time to prepare their submissions.” The controversial proposal was published Nov. 23, giving the regulated public little time to digest …
ANAHEIM — Organization Resources Counselors (ORC) and 3M Co. are sponsoring a one-day seminar Feb. 16 entitled “Ergonomics: Real Solutions for Office Work.” The seminar will be held at the Sundowner Inn, 504 Ross Dr., Sunnyvale. The course is designed to prepare health and safety professionals to implement office ergonomics programs. For more information or …
ANAHEIM — The Cal/OSH Appeals Board issued in late December four Decisions After Reconsideration clarifying the distinction between handrails and stair rails. They were issued in response to inconsistencies in citations and administrative law judge (ALJ) decisions regarding application of Construction Safety Orders 1626(e) and 1629(a)(2). The cases are summarized in this week’s Decisions section …
ANAHEIM — Employers with 11 or more employees must post Cal/OSHA Log 200, the summary of job-related injuries and illnesses for 1999, from Feb. 1 to March 1. The summary must be posted in a conspicuous place or where notices to employees are normally posted. Failure to post the log could result in a Cal/OSHA …
ANAHEIM — The City of Anaheim has a job opening for a safety and training officer in its public utilities department. The position requires extensive experience in developing and presenting safety and training programs, management and supervisory experience, organizational and employee development, knowledge of statistical measurement, budgeting and safety-related laws, among other qualifications. Salary range …
ANAHEIM — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is investigating the death of two workers inside a blimp at the San Bernardino Airport Jan. 27. According to DOSH spokesman Dean Fryer, the two men, who were employed by Worldwide Aeros, were conducting repairs on one of the air cells inside the blimp. The …