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Cal/OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited Standards for 1998

OAKLAND — Alleged violations of California’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) standard accounted for the largest share of the citations handed out by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) last year. The Division alleged 2,005 violations of Title 8, General Industry Safety Order (GISO) 3203 in 1998, the most frequently cited standard. … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA Delays Implementation of Recordkeeping Rule

SACRAMENTO — Apparently, bowing to pressure from the business community, which objected to an accelerated implementation date, and its own time crunch, Fed-OSHA has pushed back the publication of its revised standard on injury and illness recordkeeping. “Frankly, we’re just running out of time,” OSHA spokesman Frank Kane told COR. Fed-OSHA’s says that the agency … Read More »

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Ergo Litigants Get Their Day in Court

SACRAMENTO — The three sides in the long-running litigation over California’s ergonomics standard made their cases before a three-judge panel of California’s Third Court of Appeal Sept. 27. Unless one of the parties appeals the court’s decision to the state Supreme Court, the case will be resolved within 90 days. The California Trucking Association and … Read More »

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General Contractor Helping Crane Operators Get Certified

SACRAMENTO — Irvine’s Snyder Langston, a developer and builder of commercial and industrial real estate projects, is taking a proactive approach to getting crane operators better qualified. The company, which in the past has expressed frustration about the inability of getting regulatory reform for crane operator certification standards, is offering to pay the fees for … Read More »

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Superior Court Strikeout

SACRAMENTO — Judge James Ford’s October, 1997 decision excised several portions of California’s ergonomics decision. Here’s what he did: 5110(a) Scope and application. This section shall apply to a job, process, operation where a repetitive motion injury (RMI) has occurred to more than one employee under the following conditions: (1) Work related causation. The repetitive … Read More »

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Private Jail Gets Elevator Variance

SACRAMENTO — In last week’s coverage of the variances granted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, we inadvertently omitted a variance granted to the Corrections Corporation of America, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. The company, which operates a two-story jail facility in San Diego, requested the variance from Elevator Safety Order 3022(c)(3)(b), 3040(b)(5) and … Read More »

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Clinton Announces Safety Initiative Aimed at Federal Workers

SACRAMENTO — Stating that federal employees suffer more than 160,000 injuries and illnesses per year, costing the government about $2 billion, President Clinton announced the “Federal Worker 2000 Presidential Initiative.” The five-year program will have three measurable goals: Reducing the overall occurrence of injuries by 3 percent per year, while improving the timeliness of reporting … Read More »

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Fed-OSHA Extends Fall Protection Reg Comment Period

SACRAMENTO — In response to requests from construction contractor associations, Fed-OSHA has extended the comment period on its Safety Standards for Fall Protection in the Construction Industry to Jan. 24, 2000. The period for submitting written comments was to expire Oct. 22. Industry groups requested a 90-day extension. The agency published an advanced notice of … Read More »

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