The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board approved hundreds of settlements of citation cases in August. Among them were significant injury and fatality cases, including one with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake. Here are some of the most significant of those settlements. JSL Foods, Los Angeles: This manufacturer of Asian food will pay $241,380 (87%) of …
There are six new California workplace fatalities. Three are from struck-by incidents. In the town of Washington, along the Yuba River, an equipment operator for SOCOM Underground was struck by a tree fallen due to high winds. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene. SOCOM has workers’ comp coverage through State Compensation Insurance Fund. …
There are three new California workplace fatalities, including one confined space death. The confined space accident occurred in an underground gas tank at a Costco store in Sacramento. An employee of Ponder Environmental Services assigned to clean holding tanks passed out either from fumes or from a medical emergency, according to a news report. The …
There are five new California workplace fatalities. In Corona Del Mar, an employee of Lighthouse Exteriors was working on a two-story residential roof, cutting metal, but fell to the ground, succumbing at the scene. The Costa Mesa-based contractor has a .80 experience modification (EMR) and workers’ comp coverage through Oak River Insurance. In Corona, a …
A fatality case that began with the incident in January 2016 has come to an end with a lawsuit dismissal in Sacramento County Superior Court. United Parcel Service challenged a Cal/OSHA Appeals Board Decision After Reconsideration in 2019, but this spring the two sides agreed to end the case. The package delivery giant had filed …
There are nine new California workplace fatalities, four from falls, three from struck-bys, and two others from possible harmful exposure. In Northridge, a tree trimmer for Zenobia Miguel Tree Service was cutting a palm tree at a private residence when he accidentally cut the rope line and fell about 30 feet to the ground. Neither …
There are four new California workplace fatalities. Two may not be work-related. In Hemet, an employee of Venecio Francisco Tree Service fell 20 feet from a palm tree and a residential home. No other information is immediately available about either this incident or the employer. In Berkeley, a construction worker for an as-yet unidentified subcontractor …
There are 10 workplace fatalities from the first two weeks of July, including a multiple-fatality explosion. That explosion occurred in Los Angeles, where three deputies for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were killed at the Biscailuz Training Center, which houses the department’s arson explosive detail. According to news reports, a bomb squad was moving …