The Cal/OSHA Standards Board staff and stakeholders adopted field modifications to the Board’s draft language on gate safety. As a result, the impending revisions to General Industry Safety Orders §3324 will separate requirements for horizontal sliding gates from those for swinging gates, and a key definition has been revised to insulate innocent employers from incidents …
Seventeen employers have received recognition from Cal/OSHA Consultation for their success in crafting effective Injury and Illness Prevention Programs. The new Golden Gate Partnership Program honorees include: Advanced Powder Coating & Sandblasting, a Paso Robles metal finishing company. It has a 143 experience modification rating (EMR) and workers’ comp coverage from Service American Indemnity; California …
The GEO Group is a private company doing business in California as Golden State Annex and owns some 95 prisons and mental health facilities worldwide. In California, it is contracted to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency detainees, mostly illegal aliens. A settlement between the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board and GEO affirms a decision after reconsideration …
Comments from the construction personnel hoist industry have convinced the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to remove a provision in a recently published rulemaking action that would have allowed vehicles in lieu of CPHs in parking garage projects. That revision, along with others, is in a 15-day notice of proposed modifications. Comments on the action are due …
This week’s Decisions section of Cal-OSHA Reporter features an unusual case related to elevator safety – the occupational kind. It involves Otis Elevator and a February 2020 incident during a repair operation on a Schindler 400 A machine-room-less elevator. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited the elevator manufacturer for repeat, serious, and general …
The name “Hydra” has several meanings: the mythological, many-headed serpent; a tiny freshwater invertebrate with astonishing regenerative abilities; and a stunning Greek island in the Aegean Sea. There’s a new entry: a logistics depot at a decommissioned Air Force base in the Sacramento area, which is the newest member of Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program. This …
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by a freshman from Tehachapi High School in central California, whose assignment was to write an article for publication. The student worked with …