California remains behind the rest of the nation and world in adopting autonomous tractors and vehicles on farms. But the Cal/OSHA Standards Board continues to assert it is too early …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will resume talks on issues related to construction personnel hoists, which have been the source of controversy over the years. An advisory committee meets on March …
The time for driverless tractors in California vineyards and fields isn’t coming soon. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board agreed with labor unions and refused a regulation recognizing the technology. By a …
48 COR 40-8497 [¶23,156] OCCUPATIONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS REPORTS AND RECORDS – EMPLOYER RECORDS OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS, CAL/OSHA FORM 300 Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 14300.29(b)(1) (2021) …
47 COR 40-8279 [¶23,032] SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES – CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY FOR CLEANING, REPAIRING, SERVICING, SETTING-UP, AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS OF PRIME MOVERS, MACHINERY AND …
47 COR 40-8253 [¶23,015] CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ORDERS – INJURY AND ILLNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM (IIPP) Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, §§ 1509(a), 3203(a)(4) and (a)(6) (2020) – Employer failed to implement …
45 COR 40-8062 [¶22,875] SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES – MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(a) (2018) – The Division established that Employer’s …
Three Northern and Central California workers were killed in recent days in incidents involving vehicles and equipment. In Fremont, a supervisor for Sysco San Francisco, Inc., was crushed between a …