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Cal-OSHA Issues First Citation – Under Multi-Employer Citation Policy

On July 28, Metro Rail general contractor Kajima/Ray Wilson became the first target of Cal-OSHA’s new multi-employer citation policy. Although the contractor’s own employees were not exposed to the hazard of badly rigged crane loads, inspectors from Cal-OSHA’s High Hazard office in Anaheim cited Kajima/Ray Wilson for a serious violation of General Industry 4999(b)(1), handling … Read More »

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Patterns of Non-Fatal Workplace Violence, 1992 – 1996

A report that concentrates on patterns of non-fatal violence in the workplace over a five-year period indicates that school teachers and mental health workers are at high risk of assault or threats of violence, although law enforcement officers and taxicab drivers are victimized at the highest rates. The U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics … Read More »

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Huge Prop. 65 Lawsuit Re Secondhand Smoke

The City of Los Angeles has hired a private law firm to file an unprecedented Prop. 65 lawsuit alleging that 16 tobacco companies are violating the law by not warning consumers of the risks of secondhand smoke (or ETS). The city attorney told the Los Angeles Times that civil penalties could exceed $2.5 billion. The … Read More »

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Safety-Minded Reader Addresses WC Carriers

Willie Washington is director, safety and health, for the California Manufacturers Association. In response to our article entitled “Is Safety on a Back Burner?” (NEWS p. 00-6960), he challenges insurers’ comments that, because of lower premiums, employers may have reduced attention to safety. Washington said it seemed to him that the unresponsive employers insurers were … Read More »

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Work-Related Back & Upper Extremity Disorders

The top five industries for back injuries in Washington State are nursing homes, wood frame building construction, logging, roofing and building construction NOC. The top five industries for gradual onset upper extremity disorders are wood products manufacturing, nursing homes, meat dealers wholesale, sawmills, and fruit and vegetable packing. The rankings were based on frequency and … Read More »

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OSHA Announces More – Longshoring and Marine Terminal Requirements

Fed-OSHA is reminding employers that new requirements for complying with standards for longshoring and marine terminals went into effect July 27, 1998. The final rule containing those standards was published July 25, 1997, and the majority of the rule went into effect January 21, 1998. The additional requirements that are now in effect are: In … Read More »

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More From Usepa

FACILITY-SPECIFIC REPORTS: The EPA has announced the Internet release of data in its Sector Facility Indexing Project (SFIP), a pilot project that provides environmental performance data for facilities within five industrial sectors. The sectors are automobile assembly, petroleum refining, pulp manufacturing, iron and steel, and primary smelting and refining of aluminum, copper, lead and zinc. … Read More »

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Safety Training at a Modest Cost

Sunnyvale Safety School will be held August 20 at the Sunnyvale Senior Center. Instructors for a full day of classes are safety professionals from cities, the Contra Costa County Schools Insurance Group, Hewlett Packard and other employers, vendors and Cal-OSHA. One track of classes is devoted to emergency response; among other subjects to be covered … Read More »

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