The Feb. 26 edition of Cal-OSHA Reporter contains a story about the upcoming 2010 Safety Expo in Sacramento. We mistakenly listed the dates as April 30-May 1 when we meant March 30 to April 1. Our apologies for the error.
Five workers were exposed to hurricane-like winds and almost were swept out with rushing water at Oroville Dam in July 2009 because of an ill-conceived test and a missing safety device, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) says after an investigation. DOSH has cited the state Department of Water Resources for five alleged …
Cal-OSHA Reporter‘s Jan. 4 flash report about the recall of 3M 8000 respirators made reference to the “8000 series.” That term has triggered a deluge of questions to Cal/OSHA about whether other 3M respirators are affected by the recall, which was ordered when health-care employers reported an unacceptably high failure rate during fit tests. For …
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is ordering a recall of a specific type of N95 respirator and Cal/OSHA is advising employers not to use the respirators if employees cannot pass fit-tests on them. In October, the state released millions of respirators from its stockpile to local public health departments so that health-care facilities …
San Francisco’s KQED Radio will air a program on workplace safety tonight, including interviews with Division of Occupational Safety and Health Chief Len Welsh, Worksafe volunteer Fran Schreiberg and Cal-OSHA Reporter editor Kevin Thompson. The segment looks at how effective Cal-OSHA is in protecting workers and enforcing safety and health regulations, safety on “green” jobs, …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) will convene a Nov. 16 advisory meeting to discuss its proposal to revise the state heat illness standard after, after being urged to take that step by members of the Cal/OSH Standards Board. DOSH has been rebuffed twice on its attempts to amend the landmark standard on …
After more than two years of work, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Cal/OSH Standards Board have unveiled a first-in-the-nation regulatory proposal to control exposures to the potentially deadly flavorings chemical diacetyl. The proposal is in a comment period that ends with a Standards Board public hearing Nov. 19 in Costa Mesa. …
In anticipation of sizzling late-summer heat this week, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is expected to send about one-third of its enforcement officers throughout the state to enforce the heat illness prevention standard. What is being called the “largest heat enforcement effort” in Cal/OSHA history comes at the direction of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, …