The Crane Institute of America has just released a new publication, “Scaffolding Safety for Metal Frame Systems.” The 60-page guide, which sells for $14.95, is designed to assist users, supervisors and safety personnel in identifying and controlling hazards posed by supported scaffolding. For more information, contact the institute at 1-800 832-2726.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has protested the Clinton administration’s proposed fiscal-year 2000 budget for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSHIB). In a letter to Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, HUD and Independent Agencies, ASSE called the administration’s budget for the board …
The Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) has established a Chemical Test Center at its Arlington, Va., headquarters to provide “seamless, one-stop service” for those interested in voluntary high-production volume (HPV) chemical testing programs. The center will be a resource for companies with questions or comments on the HPV chemical testing initiative announced last year by Vice …
By a majority vote following public hearings the Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted the following revisions to Title 8 safety orders. They have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law and are now in the California Code of Regulations. BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS: Emergency amendments to General Industry 5193 were adopted Jan. 14, 1999 and became …
The “Happiest Place on Earth” is a little somber these days. Even as workers and officials at Southern California’s Disneyland cope with the death of a guest in December and the serious injury to another guest and a park employee, the corporation suffered another setback recently when a worker at Disney World in Florida was …
As we mentioned last week, Cal-OSHA Reporter is completing its move to Petaluma, Calif. Our former Berkeley office is no longer in operation. Please send all correspondence to: P.O. Box 911, Petaluma, CA 94953-0911. To contact Editor Kevin Thompson directly, telephone (707) 766-9155; fax (707) 776-0970; or send email (kthompson@cal-osha.com).
Cal/OSHA has given Harbor UCLA Medical Center until Feb. 19 to develop an administrative fix to help data-entry employees avoid repetitive stress injuries. The medical center, which is operated by Los Angeles County, was cited for one serious and two general violations of the state’s ergonomics standard after three of its workers developed carpal tunnel …
Cal/OSHA is investigating an industrial accident near Dixon in Solano County that left a plant operator dead and two colleagues injured Feb. 8. James Mullings, 66, a mix plant operator at Tremont Supplies, Inc. (TSI), a fertilizer manufacturer, was killed when a 40-foot-diameter, 250,000-gallon tank collapsed after the bottom seam gave way. The tank was …