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 loading dock and a trailer. In Merced, an employee of Normand & Sons was fatally pinned between a tractor and a pickup truck while attempting …
44 COR 40-7860 [¶22,715] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT â MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE MAINTAINED IN SAFE OPERATING CONDITION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(g) (2017) â The Division did not establish that Employerâs lettuce harvester machines were not maintained in a safe operating condition. Specifically, a short emergency stop cable on a lettuce harvester …
A Standards Board proposal to fix a defective safety order that led to a serious violation being dismissed at the appeals level is itself inadequate according to stakeholders. The stakeholders suggested language, which they said, would fix the underlying problem while avoiding unintended consequences for employers. Board staff published the proposal after an Appeals Board …
41 COR 40-7101 [¶22,360R] GENERAL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURES â FLOOR OPENINGS, FLOOR HOLES AND ROOFS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3212(a)(2)(A) (2014) â The Board reversed the ALJâs decision that the Division did not establish a violation for failure to provide a swinging gate for elevated work platforms accessed by ladders. Circumstantial evidence …
37 COR 40-6382 [¶ 21,602] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT â DESIGNED, SECURED OR COVERED TO MINIMIZE HAZARDS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(e) (2010) â Employerâs box tube was not covered, or properly designed or secured, with cleats welded to the coaming around the pipe chase through which the pipe was moved, to prevent it …
36 COR 40-6311 [¶ 21,516R] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT â POINT OF OPERATION GUARDS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4186(b) (2009) â Employees were exposed to the hazard of a point of operation guard that did not prevent an operatorâs hand from entering. The Division properly classified the violation as serious. Digest of COSHABâs Denial …
Cal/OSH Standards Board staff has recommended, and the board concurs, that a formal rulemaking proposal subject to a public hearing late last year be terminated. Comments on the proposal suggested that it was confusing and unnecessary. The proposal was intended to revise General Industry Safety Orders §3328(a) to define âequipmentâ as âany implement used in …
35 COR 40-6221 [¶ 21,410] MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT â MAINTAINING AS RECOMMENDED BY MANUFACTURER Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3328(b) (2008) â The Division established a general violation because Employerâs employees operated a saw that had not been maintained according to the manufacturerâs standards.  SAWS â GUARDING MITER SAW Cal. Code Regs, tit. …