Tagged in: Cal/VPP

A Celebration Worth the Wait for Newest VPP Site

The latest Star site under Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program just held its celebration and flag-raising ceremony, even though the facility was certified in August 2020. Only now, after COVID, has NuStar Energy’s Pittsburg Asphalt Terminal been able to hold an in-person commemoration. The Cal/OSHA VPP team evaluated the facility near the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta remotely … Read More »

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CEA’s Top Safety Winners

CONCORD – The Construction Employers Association honored 17 of its member companies with President’s Safety Awards for 2015. Cahill Contractors, based in San Francisco, was recognized as the Most Improved Safety Program for the year. Cahill enjoyed a 100% decrease in its lost workday incident rate in the evaluation period, plus a downward trend in … Read More »

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Wheelabrator a VPP Star Again

ANDERSON – The first thing providing a clue that Wheelabrator Shasta Energy Co. knows a thing or two about safety is an eye-catching operation that happens hundreds of time each week at the power plant. Big rigs with semi trailers will wheel into the facility, north of Red Bluff and south of Redding, get chained … Read More »

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VPP Event to Honor Fallen Colleague

Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program plans an Oct. 2-3 symposium on safety excellence in San Francisco. The event is being held in memory of Craig Marshall, a VPP consultant who died suddenly in 2006. The “Guide to Safety Excellence” symposium features representatives of Cal/VPP sites, sharing their practical experiences in the Star journey and implementing key … Read More »

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More EFAME Findings

Cal-OSHA Reporter’s Oct. 1 edition outlined the major findings of Fed-OSHA’s 2010 Enhanced Federal Annual Monitoring and Evaluation (EFAME) report (see p. 9855). But the nearly 100-page report contained findings and recommendations on many other elements of the Cal/OSHA program, from the Standards Board to Consultation, as we outline here. Lapse time between inspections and … Read More »

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Valero’s Infectious VPP Spirit – Contractors Apply For Their Own Stars

The Valero Benicia oil refinery earned its Cal/VPP Star exactly two years ago. About a year later, one of its contractors, Richlynn Contracting, earned its own star. Now another contractor is well into the VPP approval process, another is expected to formally apply after the first of the year and several more are expected to … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA’s 70s Show

RICHMOND – Cal/VPP’s 70th Star site is a small hazardous-waste way station with six employees. Its 66th site is a huge manufacturing plant with hundreds of workers and dozens of processes and machines that can cause injury. What both share is safety excellence, as evidenced by their acceptance into the prestigious Cal/OSHA recognition and exemption … Read More »

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