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Emergency Standard Needed for Silica Hazard?

Several years ago, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health instituted a special-emphasis program on silica exposure in the countertop manufacturing industry, triggered by deaths and serious injuries in this sector. DOSH inspected more than 100 employers, issued almost 700 citations and proposed about $1.8 million in penalties. It found overexposures to silica in 47 … Read More »

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Tunnel Project Needs Variance

Digging a seven-mile tunnel to carry treated wastewater from a water plant in Carson to a beach in San Pedro will be accomplished with a Slurry Tunnel Boring Machine (STBM). But before that work can be done contractor Dragados USA requires a variance from a Cal/OSHA standard meant to ensure tunneling safety. It seems that … Read More »

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Construction Hoists Issues Being Lifted Again

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will resume talks on issues related to construction personnel hoists, which have been the source of controversy over the years. An advisory committee meets on March 22nd, 2023, in Sacramento. It last met in August 2022. Expedited rulemaking several years ago clarified that the height at which CPHs must be built … Read More »

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Get Your 300A’s in Gear

The three-month period during which employers must post their Cal/OSHA Form 300A summaries of workplace injuries and illnesses for 2022 begins next week. The annual summary must be posted in a visible and easily accessible area at each worksite, and must be posted between February 1st and April 30th. Employers are required to post the … Read More »

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COVID Reg Hearing Comments

This week, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held a public hearing on the non-emergency version of the COVID regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §3205. The hearing and regulation come now post-pandemic when the disease has become endemic, and while few who catch it suffer serious injury. It has essentially become another flu, according to medical doctors … Read More »

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Cranes & Derricks Regulations

California’s Office of Administrative Law has approved Cal/OSHA’s consolidation of standards for cranes and derricks in construction. The surgical replacement of regulations from the Construction Safety Orders to the General Industry Safety Orders became effective on July 26th. The finalization of this standard comes 12 years after Fed-OSHA overhauled its regulations, requiring the California Standards … Read More »

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MON FONG LIN

48 COR 40-8442 [¶23,124] JURISDICTION — EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP Labor Code § 2750.5 (2021) – The cited individual had at least one employee. As such, the Division had jurisdiction to cite the individual as an “employer” for violations of applicable safety orders. REGULATIONS OF THE DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH – REGISTRATION, ASBESTOS-RELATED WORK Cal. … Read More »

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