35 COR 40-6143 [¶ 21,304] MACHINE GUARDING – POINT OF OPERATION Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8 § 4184(b) (2008) – The cited safety order applied to Employer’s rebar bending machine. Employer violated the safety order by failing to guard the points of operation. Summary of COSHAB-ALJ’s Decision dated June 26, 2008, Docket No. 05-R2D1-2377 (Sacramento, …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has received confirmation that the July 8, 2008, death of 42-year-old Abdon Felix was due to heat illness. In an announcement this morning, DOSH said the Kern County Coroner made the determination. Felix, an employee of Sun View Vineyards, had been loading grape boxes and driving a …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has cited Merced Farm Labor Contractor (MFLC) for three alleged serious/willful violations and proposed almost $263,000 in penalties following the heat illness death of a 17-year-old farmworker in San Joaquin County in May. The citations allege serious/willful violations of Cal/OSHA’s heat illness standard, General Industry Safety Orders …
Len Welsh, who has spent virtually his entire career with California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, was confirmed June 25 as Division Chief by the state Senate Rules committee, 4-0. Welsh was lauded by a parade of supporters before the committee, including labor and employer representatives. Employer lobbyist Julianne Broyles of California Advocates praised …
35 COR 40-6111 [¶ 21,264] FALL PROTECTION – STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8 § 1710(m)(2) (2008) – The safety order did not apply to the condition cited because the injured worker was not working directly on skeleton steel. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS – SIX-MONTH PERIOD LAB. § 6317 (2008) – The Division issued …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is in the final stages of completing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Caltrans to more effectively bring safety and health compliance to transportation construction projects. DOSH Chief Len Welsh says the MOU, which has been in the works for more than a year, is likely to …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating incidents in Orange and San Diego counties that took the lives of two workers May 28 and 29. The first was the death of a sign company worker who fell from a hydraulic ladder while changing fluorescent lights at a motel in Whittier. The 55-foot-plus ladder …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has activated the Heat Illness Prevention Network, with forecasts of high heat throughout the state in coming days. Employers are encouraged to allow workers to acclimate to the heat and take other heat illness prevention measures, such as providing ample water, cool areas for rest breaks when …