HAMPTON TEDDER ELECTRIC Nov 8 2024

49 COR 40-0875 [¶23,307R] OBSERVERS – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §2940(d) – A qualified electrical worker was not present when work was performed on an exposed conductor. INSULATING EQUIPMENT – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §2940.6(a) – Employer failed to ensure the use of appropriate PPE and insulating equipment designed for the … Read More »

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Western Oilfields Supply Company

49 COR 40-8873 [¶23,306R] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT – POINT OF OPERATION Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §4207(a) – The evidence proffered showed that the point of operation on the hydraulic press was not adequately guarded to prevent entry of hands or fingers into the point of operation by reaching through, over, under or around … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Decisions in Fatality Cases

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited several employers and declined to cite others in several fatality cases from late 2023 and early 2024. These incidents were first covered in Cal-OSHA Reporter’s fatality reports. American Marine Corp., of San Pedro, faces penalties of up to $101,715, in the March 2024 death of Bohdan … Read More »

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Arana Residential and Commercial Painting, Inc.

49 COR 40-8870 [¶23,305R] INSPECTION AUTHORITY – Labor Code §§6307, 6314(a) – The California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSH) Act grants the Division broad authority to inspect or investigate all places of employment, for the purpose of protecting workplace health and safety.  The Division’s inspection was within its jurisdiction. JURISDICTION – INSPECTION CONSENT – An … Read More »

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Waterproofing and Roofing Solutions, Inc.

49 COR 40-8869 [¶23,304R] JURISDICTION—PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION – Labor Code §§6601 and 6616—The Board denied the Employer’s unverified and untimely petition for reconsideration.  Employer failed to establish good cause for its late appeal. Digest of COSHAB’s Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated October 11, 2024, Inspection No. 1690885.   Ed Lowry, Chair. Judith S. Freyman, … Read More »

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TRANSITAMERICA SERVICES, INC.

49 COR 40-8867 [¶23,303] RAILROAD INDUSTRY – Labor Code §6800 – limits the Division’s regulatory authority to employees in an office or shops devoted to construction, maintenance or repair of railroad equipment and all other railroad employees with respect to occupational health. The evidence proffered showed that the Division did not have jurisdiction over the … Read More »

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GRIMMWAY ENTERPRISES, INC.

49 COR 40-8863 [¶23,302] MACHINE GUARDING – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §4002 (a) –The evidence proffered by the Division was insufficient to establish that the Employer failed to guard by location a machine with a revolving hazard created by a rotating rod. HAZARDOUS ENERGY CONTROL – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §3314(c) … Read More »

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R&P CONCRETE PUMP SERVICE, INC. DBA PATRIOT CONCRETE & PUMP SERVICE

49 COR 40-8862 [¶23,301R] JURISDICTION – PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Labor Code §6614(a) – The Board lacked jurisdiction to grant Employer’s untimely petition for reconsideration. Digest of COSHAB’s Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated August 22, 2024, Inspection No. 1590457.   Ed Lowry, Chair. Judith S. Freyman, Board Member. Marvin P. Kropke, Board Member.   Background. … Read More »

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