Monday, April 28th, is the annual commemoration of Workers’ Memorial Day to “remember and honor the workers who lost their lives on the job,” in the words of the Department of Industrial Relations. Commemorations will be held all over the state. Fortunately, during the past week or so, there were no work-related fatalities in California, …
Among the hundreds of settlements to Cal/OSHA cases approved by the Appeals Board in March are two involving fatalities and serious injuries that had hundreds of thousands of dollars in proposed penalties at stake. Here’s how those, and other significant cases, settled out. Alhambra Foundry, a metalworks and fabrication company, has agreed to pay $147,350 …
There are nine new California workplace fatalities. Three are from falls, and three relate to struck-by incidents. In McFarland, an employee of agricultural employer Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons stepped off a platform elevated more than 20 feet and fell to the concrete floor below while in a cold storage room. The company has an …
Here are the conclusions of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) about the November 2023 explosion and fire that severely injured an employee of the Marathon Martinez Renewables facility. The fire caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the plant. The CSB also issued several recommendations to prevent future incidents …
There are three new workplace fatalities in California. In Olivehurst, Marysville Police officer Osmar Rodarte, 30, was shot and killed while executing a search warrant on a suspected drug dealer as part of a multi-agency effort to root out drug smuggling, particularly fentanyl, from Mexico. Rodarte was part of a SWAT team serving warrants. The …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited three employers and proposed sizable penalties in 2024 cases involving a trench collapse and two fatal falls. The most significant case is against W.A. Rasic Construction, based in Long Beach, following an August 28th death at a San Diego construction site. Joel Olea Gomez, 27, was …
There are nine new California workplace fatalities. Three are from falls and three from violence. In Tiburon, a landscaper for an as-yet unidentified employer fell about 60 feet over fencing while working from an extension ladder. In Palo Alto, an employee of ABM which provides facilities services, fell from a ladder and struck his head. …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers agreed to settlement terms in three fatality cases. Two of the cases stretch back almost seven years. Here are the cases and the results. Monterey Mushrooms: The case that began with the death of Jose Fierros, 62, in February 2020 has been settled for $40,980 (59%) …