There are three new workplace fatalities in California. In Olympic Valley, Brian Gimbert, 34, an employee of Palisades Tahoe, formerly known as Squaw Valley, was killed during a snowmaking operation. Gimbert was operating a snowmobile at slow speed on undeveloped property on the Alpine Meadows portion of the ski resort when he struck a partially …
The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board approved hundreds of settlements to citation cases in October, several involving fatalities. Here is how the parties resolved the cases: Copper Harbor Co.: This San Leandro chemical manufacturer was cited for 18 alleged violations, including eight serious, in the September 10th, 2020, death of an employee, who suffered cardiac arrest “potentially …
There are six new workplace fatalities in California, three from falls. In Lancaster, the owner of U.S. Repair Towing was working on the business’s roof and fell off. He was pronounced dead at the scene. In Bakersfield, an employee of Seven Oaks Country Club fell off a utility cart in the middle of October and …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited several employers in workplace recent fatality cases. In some fatality cases the Division didn’t cite. Here’s a roundup of the recent cases, which were first reported in the pages of Cal-OSHA Reporter. Carone & Co.: DOSH cited this Concord recycling center which processes rock, cement, bricks, and …
There are three new workplace fatalities in California, two resulting from falls. In Laguna Beach, an employee of DMJ Roofing was working on a roof but fell through a skylight about 30 feet to the floor of the building. In Elk Grove, a maintenance employee of California Montessori Project fell from a ladder and died …
Here are the latest settlements of Cal/OSHA fatality cases, as recently approved by the Appeals Board. N.N. Jaeschke, a property management company based in Dallas, Texas, and operating in San Diego, will pay $6,075 (8%) of a proposed $80,675 in a June 2018 fall fatality. However, the direct employer of the deceased employee is still …
There are four new workplace fatalities in California. Two are from falls. In Tracy, an employee of Tracy Commerce Center was killed in an 80-foot fall inside a silo at the former Holly Sugar facility. The employee attempted to climb out of the silo when he slipped and fell. It is undetermined yet what the …
There are six new workplace fatalities in California, four of them from falls. In San Francisco, the owner of Tritec Construction suffered a fall of about 14 feet from a scaffold and died a day later of severe head trauma. In Fontana, an employee of Royal Roof Corp. was working on the roof of a …