In our Oct. 11 story, “Six Employers Cited in 2012 Central Coast Valley Fever Outbreak” (p. 10702), we listed Hot Line Construction as being cited for an alleged violation of Construction Safety Orders §1509, the construction Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard. In fact, Hot Line was cited under General Industry Safety Orders §5144, the …
On the heels of a Sept. 11 incident that took the life of a temporary worker at a Southern California winery, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued a hazard alert to warn employers about the dangers of using ammonia at such workplaces. The worker was employed by Placement Pro and working …
37 COR 40-6416 [¶ 21,643] INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM – CODE OF SAFE PRACTICES Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1509(b) (2010) – Employer did not have a code of safe practices that related to its business of asbestos removal. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION – FIT TESTING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1529(h)(2)(A) (2010) …
Smoke was the main culprit in the death of two wildland firefighters Aug. 30 in Angeles National Forest. Ted Hall, 47, and Arnie Quinones, 35, had taken an engine truck down Mount Gleason to look for a safer place for a fire crew of several dozen huddled in a cinderblock structure after a blaze overtook …
36 COR 40-6274 [¶ 21,474] CARCINOGEN REPORT OF USE REQUIREMENTS – EMERGENCY Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5203(f) (2009) – The Division failed to prove that an “emergency” existed. Therefore, there was insufficient evidence that Employer violated the safety order. ASBESTOS – REGULATED AREAS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1529(e) (2009) – Employer’s …
LOS ANGELES – With new cases of a debilitating lung disease coming to light, a federal investigation of exposures in California and a petition for an emergency standard to protect employees, Cal/OSHA announces it will start discussions of a new standard for the chemical diacetyl later this month. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health …