Two employers face Cal/OSHA citations and penalties in fatality cases. The two struck-by incidents were in different circumstances in different parts of the state on the same day. In the case of Superior Tree Service, based in San Jose, tree trimmer Daniel Vasquez, 26, was killed in October 2021 when the top of a tree …
Two of the employers cited in last week’s mega enforcement action by Cal/OSHA following a fatality at the Valero Benicia refinery speak up about the largest group of citations in recent memory. Total Safety U.S., a provider of safety services headquartered in Texas, says it plans to challenge the action by the Division of Occupational …
Almost half of the most-cited Title 8 violations in 2021 involved the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) standards, and specific regulations related to airborne infectious diseases due to the COVID pandemic. And it was those safety orders which were among the most appealed violations of the year. Traditionally, the IIPP standards, General Industry Safety …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a San Diego-area employer in an October 2021 fatality at a zip line operation. Fed-OSHA says the employer, the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, failed to provide fall protection for Joaquin Romero, 34, who died in the incident. The tribe operates La Jolla Zip Zoom …