An Alhambra industrial employer faces almost $300,000 in Cal/OSHA penalties in a 2017 case that resulted in the double amputation of an employee’s legs. The agency cited Alhambra Foundry Co. …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued stiff penalties in two August 2017 amputation cases. The major of the two was Alhambra Foundry, as we report in the …
44 COR 40-7493 [¶22,656R] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – SAFE OPERATING CONDITION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(g) (2017) – Employer failed to maintain an in-use rod tong in safe …
43 COR 40-7471 [¶22,639] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – SAFE OPERATING CONDITION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(g) (2016) – Employer failed to maintain an in-use rod tong in safe …
43 COR 40-7458 [¶22,629] CLEANING, REPAIRING, SERVICING AND ADJUSTING PRIME MOVERS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – CLEANING, SERVICING AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3314(c) (2016) – Employer …
43 COR 40-7457 [¶22,627] PENALTIES – FAILURE TO REPORT SERIOUS INJURY Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2016) – Employer failed to report the Division a serious finger injury …
Cal/OSHA and two employers have reached agreements in citation cases following a fatality and a double amputation. In the fatality, the employer will pay all of the proposed penalties. But …
43 COR 40-7429 [¶22,611] POINTS OF OPERATION AND OTHER HAZARDOUS PARTS OF MACHINERY – MAINTENANCE AND USE OF POINT OF OPERATION TOOLS AND GUARDS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § …