The latest in a series of “How to Sell Safety” seminars has been set for July 9 at HS Lordships, 199 Seawall Drive at the Berkeley Marina. The session, entitled “Being a Successful Advisor: Keeping Others’ Needs in Mind,” will be presented by Bob Lapidus, CSP. The seminars are sponsored by the Golden Gate Chapter …
Fed-OSHA inspectors were legally turned away from a construction site recently in Hollywood, Fla., until they obtained a warrant. The agency later returned with the warrant, but found no major problems. OSHA’s area director, Jose Sanchez, said the company, Structure Tone, was within its legal right to force the inspectors to seek a warrant. The …
ANAHEIM — He combines the baritone of Rush Limbaugh with a Jonathan Winters-like sense of humor. Magic tricks, deadpan jokes to the audience, inspirational stories, John. W. Drebinger, Jr., has a whole deck of cards up his sleeve with one goal in mind – to sell safety. Drebinger made a couple of appearances at the …
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is offering an eight-hour online HAZWOPER (hazardous waste worker) refresher course, which fulfills Fed-OSHA and Cal/OSHA annual refresher training requirements. Successful completion of the refresher is worth eight continuing education credits. Those completing it will also receive a certificate. The course consists of online study modules, review questions …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has asked the state Legislature to provide supplemental funding of almost $3 million for fiscal-year 1999-2000, Cal/OSHA Chief John Howard told the Cal/OSH Advisory Committee, meeting June 3 in San Francisco. The additional funding would allow the Division to hire 52 more compliance officers, plus one part-time …
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board labor representative Kenneth Young has resigned from the board, COR has learned. The resignation was effective May 21, according to Executive Officer John MacLeod. Young’s term expired June 1 and he has been planning to leave the board for a while, MacLeod said. Young and his wife are preparing …
The Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration is seeking input from the regulated public on a proposed crystalline silica standard. Because interest in the development of a standard is so high, the agency says, stakeholder meetings have been scheduled for Chicago, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. The San Francisco meeting will take place June 30 – …
Alexander Harris, a 32-year employee of Equilon Enterprise LLC in Wilmington, was honored with the Joseph Kaplan Award at the 44th annual Western Safety Congress in Anaheim June 8. The award was given by the Long Beach Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Harris, a certified safety professional, was honored for special achievements …