Just two days before it was scheduled to meet in Sacramento, an ad hoc advisory committee convened by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board was postponed at the request of two state senators. The committee was going to consider two proposals that would spell out how construction crane operators are determined to be qualified …
Las Vegas, which is in the midst of a decade-long transformation into what amounts to a gigantic gambling theme park, is paying the price for its construction boom in worker deaths. The latest incident occurred in early April, when a construction crane carrying 25 tons of prefabricated concrete slabs bumped something on the 23rd floor …
OSHA has issued a citation with a proposed penalty of $70,000 to Dillingham Construction Pacific Basin for a willful violation following an investigation into the Oct. 29, 1998, death of a subcontractor’s employee in Guam. The incident happened at the $40 million Micronesia Mall Expansion Project in Dededo, Guam. Kenneth W. Gouge, 37, a grading …
AB 184, which would authorize preparers of materials safety data sheets (MSDS) to transmit the documents electronically, passed the Assembly Committee on Appropriations April 28 by a 21-0 vote. The measure now goes to the floor of the Assembly for debate. Under existing law, manufacturers of hazardous substances must furnish the Department of Industrial Relations …
The City of Anaheim is searching for a safety administrator for its Public Utilities Dept. The position, which pays between $51,853 and $71,299, requires “responsible experience in the development and administration of a department-specific safety and loss-prevention program.” Applicants must have knowledge of pertinent laws, codes and ordinances; safety program administration; basic industrial hygiene and …
People who do AHERA asbestos training in California will no longer have to travel out of state to receive approval once the asbestos trainer approval program is fully up and running as expected this summer. Administered by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), the program will approve those who train people for asbestos …
The Clinton administration is pushing for greater protection for workers who blow the whistle on unsafe on-the-job conditions. The administration has announced its support for the Hazard Reporting Protection Act. The act would make reporting such conditions a protected activity and would shield workers who refuse to work in what they “reasonably believe to be …
The ad hoc advisory committee that was to meet May 3 was considering two proposals that would amend General Industry Safety Order 5006, Crane Operators Certification. Instead, the meeting was postponed and the committee is in limbo, pending potential action in the state Legislature and a recomposition of the Standards Board – whenever that may …