Crane Safety, Israeli-Style
California has an enviable record when it comes to tower crane safety, thanks to steps Cal/OSHA took after a deadly 1989 crane collapse in San Francisco. But crane operators here …
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AGC’s Winners: Company Safety Excellence
Six contractors, general and specialty, took top honors in the Associated General Contractors of California’s 2023 Construction Safety Excellence Awards. Cal-OSHA Reporter served as one of three judges. Here are the winners and finalists by category. Building Division, Under 500,000 Worker Hours Stronghold Engineering was the winner in this category. The company employed an average …
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LIMU’s Latest Safety Index
Overexertion from “outside sources” is the most common disabling workplace injury in the country – and the costliest – according to Liberty Mutual Insurance. The insurer has published its annual Workplace Safety Index for more than 20 years. The 2023 index covers calendar year 2020, the height of the pandemic. The index is based on …
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Movie Set Safety Bill Signed
The California Legislature has approved, and Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 132, the latest version of legislation aimed at addressing firearms safety on movie and television productions. The bill, and previous incarnations, were spurred by a fatal shooting of a cinematographer and the wounding of the director in October 2021 on the set of …
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Study: Experience Rating Encourages Workplace Safety
Known as experience rating, an X-Mod, or an EMR by any name, it helps promote workplace safety throughout the United States. California’s experience rating system is not unique, and employers experience ratings are promulgated in every state. Experience rating was designed to give employers a financial incentive to improve workplace safety by impacting how much …
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Southern California Edison Safety Fines
The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a $4.5 million fine against utility Southern California Edison (SCE) for what it says were safety lapses in its contractor management program following the 2018 death of a subcontractor employee by electrocution. An employee of a sub-contractor, Herman Weissker, Inc., attempted to transfer a deenergized 115-kilovolt overhead conductor …
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Driverless Tractor Appeal Spinning Wheels?
Agricultural employer representatives have urged the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to reject an appeal from the Operating Engineers union seeking to stop an experimental variance for using autonomous tractors in two Northern California vineyards. The Operating Engineers “is not a party to the variance proceeding, as the Operating Engineers don’t represent any of the employees affected …
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AGC’s Construction Safety Excellence
The Associated General Contractors of California has honored more than a dozen individuals and organizations for their safety achievements. It is the 35th year of the Construction Safety Excellence Awards. See the graphic showing the Experience Modification Factors – X-Mods (or EMRs) of the firms. Here are the winners and finalists. Superintendent Art Vasconcelos, superintendent …
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