Giant construction firm Tutor-Perini, Inc., has agreed to pay $70,000 in penalties in a case Cal/OSHA brought against it after a complaint. The problem, according to Cal/OSHA, was the lack …
Most employers appeal their Cal/OSHA penalties, and in a large majority of those cases see their penalties reduced during settlement, sometimes dramatically. Here are some of the results in significant …
46 COR 40-8153 [¶22,938R] APPEAL – LATE FILING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, §§ 6600, 6601 (2019) – Employer failed to establish good cause for its late appeal. Digest of …
Cal/OSHA’s challenge is to promote fair and effective enforcement of the state’s safety regulations while maintaining the respect of both labor and of the industries it regulates. Nobody embodies that …
46 COR 40-8126 [¶22,915] GENERAL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURES ORDERS – INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM (IIPP), IDENTIFY PERSON(S) WITH AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, …
46 COR 40-8123 [¶22,913] SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION – MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES, LOADING DOCK OPERATIONS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3336(a) (2019) – The Division did not establish …
The Construction Employers Association has completed part two of its annual safety awards cycle by honoring 46 member companies with Excellence in Safety Awards. In January, it announced its President’s …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating three workplace fatalities in recent days, two of them in construction. Several other workers were hurt in other incidents, but escaped …