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Safety on a High-Hazard Project

Granite Construction took the honors in this CSEA category for its project to rehabilitate runways and taxiways at Los Angeles International Airport. The $160 million project took slightly over two years to complete and was work “that could significantly endanger flights, passengers aboard flights, and personnel in the airfield environment.” Hazards included individuals driving on … Read More »

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Controversy Over Safety at L.A. Fire Sites

. Victor Muniz, the former Cal/OSHA deputy chief for enforcement who explained to Cal-OSHA Reporter earlier this year that crews cleaning up fire sites in the Los Angeles area were ignoring safety, is still concerned. He says harmful exposures are still taking place. Muniz was deputy chief in the late 1980s and spent the rest … Read More »

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Nurse’s TB Case a Cause for Concern?

As Cal-OSHA Reporter reported in last week’s Workplace Fatality Update, a nurse at the Department of State Hospitals’ Atascadero facility near Templeton died 11 days after testing positive for “active” tuberculosis (TB) and being hospitalized. Cal-OSHA Reporter determined it was worth looking into this unusual workplace fatality to learn if it portends anything more serious. … Read More »

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Remote-Controlled Equipment Boosts Safety and Moves Project

The Regent’s 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 … Read More »

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Is Wildfire Cleanup Being Done Safely?

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 … Read More »

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Safety is Cardinal Rule at This Glass House

  The 65th current participant in Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is a facility that tempers glass—lots of it—with 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 … Read More »

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These Ag Employees and Companies are AllWays Safe

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. “They rate their programs, discuss their best practices and tell … Read More »

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