The Regentâs Slide at Big Sur in Monterey County has severed a famous highway and vital link along the Pacific Coast. Iconic Highway 1 has been closed for 14 months since February 1st, 2024. Work is continuing to clear the huge slide. The effort has proven difficult as the earth continues to move, putting employees …
A former Cal/OSHA enforcement deputy chief says the emergency cleanup of fire-stricken Los Angeles-area neighborhoods has ignored safety protocols and exposed crews to potentially contaminated debris, including asbestos. State officials, meanwhile, provide a different story. They say strict protocols are in place, and Cal/OSHA has made concerted efforts to raise awareness of the hazards inherent …
 The 65th current participant in Cal/OSHAâs Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is a facility that tempers glassâlots of itâwith hazards that could make a safety manager temper their career choice. Fortunately, Cardinal CT in Moreno Valley has engineered out its main safety threats and implemented procedures to address the ones that cannot be engineered. The …
AgSafe honored two individuals and two employers with its annual AllWays Safe awards for their efforts to promote safe workplaces. The recognition was given during a presentation at the recent AgSafe conference in Monterey. The awards are judged based on surveys submitted by the applicants. âThey rate their programs, discuss their best practices and tell …
Associated General Contractors of California has named Mario Noriega, an apprentice carpenter turned safety manager at ISEC, Inc., its Safety Professional of the Year. The association announced the award at its annual meeting in January. As announced in October, ISEC was named a first-place winner of the Construction Safety Excellence Awards in the specialty contractor …
It goes by names like the Energy Wheel or âStuff That Can Kill Youâ â STCKY â and it originated in the energy industry. Thatâs appropriate because it is designed to arm workers with the skills to recognize hazardous sources of energy, from gravity to temperature to radiation. The Energy Wheel has been used in …