Arturo Garcia is lucky to be alive – and he has his hard hat and some determined rescuers to thank. The La Puente man was working on a pipeline project for a subcontractor of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) in mid-January when an apparent sinkhole caused the trench he was working …
The California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, in Scribner Construction, has determined that an (Administrative Law Judge) ALJ may not expand an appeal, post-hearing and without notice to the involved parties, beyond the issues raised and litigated at the hearing. In addition, the board said that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health does …
SACRAMENTO — The Cal/OSH Appeals Board “did the best job it could in a very difficult situation” in attempting to establish exceptions to minimum penalties for violations of field sanitation standards, Appeals Board chief counsel Carol Brown told the Cal/OSH Advisory Committee at its Jan. 4 meeting in the state capital. The board was attempting …
California agriculture leads the nation, producing more than $25 billion in crops each year. The price for that production, however, is a high rate of injuries. California’s farm workers, in fact, are among the most vulnerable employees in the state to on-the-job death. About a third of all farm workers in the state work for …
The Fed-OSH is awarding $500,000 in grants to non-profit organizations to train shipyard workers across the country to recognize, avoid and prevent safety and health hazards in the workplace. In 1997, 18 workers died in the nation’s shipyards and more than 22,000 injuries and illnesses were recorded. Grant applicants must address one of the following …
Fed-OSHA has proposed fines of $202,500 against a Montana company, Harp Line Constructors Co., for alleged violations of workplace electrical safety standards. The agency launched an inspection of the firm after a compliance officer determined that the convergence of high-voltage transmission lines at a Boise, Idaho, facility, represented a potential hazard. OSHA has charged Harp …
By 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. GUARDING OF MEAT BAND SAW BLADES: Amendments to General Industry 4310 and 4543 were heard at …
The page numbering for Decisions between our Jan. 4 to Jan. 11 issues was slightly off. Page numbers 40-3567 and -3568 were inadvertently skipped. This doesn’t affect the Decision numbers. Our apologies for the oversight.