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10 CEA Companies Honored with Safety Awards

The Construction Employers’ Association recognized 10-member companies for safety excellence with its 2017 President’s Safety Awards. They were presented January 16th at the association’s annual meeting in Concord. Honored as CEA’s Most Improved Safety Program is San Francisco’s Fisher Development, Inc. The President’s awards are the first of two awards given to CEA companies. The … Read More »

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Sherwin-Williams: Indoor Heat with a VPP-Quality Program

As Cal/OSHA deliberates the best approach to regulating indoor heat illness, one employer with a unique perspective has pledged its assistance. That employer, Sherwin-Williams in Victorville, is a Cal/VPP Star site and it has had an indoor heat illness prevention program since 2008. The indoor program is part and parcel of its overall heat illness … Read More »

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Climbing the Tower of Safety

BENICIA – Petrochem, Inc., earned its Cal/OSHA Voluntary Protection Program star in near-record time: six months, from application to acceptance. But the achievement really was several years in the making, starting with a serious incident that hurt four workers. Remembering the incident, in which four workers were injured when a passenger van they were traveling … Read More »

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At the Newest Cal/VPP Site, Coke Is It – and So Is Safety and Health

RODEO – Cal/OSHA’s 72nd Voluntary Protection Program Star site is a downstream processor of products from its big-sister facility, the nearby Phillips 66 San Francisco Refinery. But the Rodeo Carbon Plant is leading the way for the company in occupational safety and health. It is the first Phillips facility in the Golden State to achieve … Read More »

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The Dow of Safety

PITTSBURG – It was a long time coming, but Dow Chemical’s Pittsburg plant has achieved Star status in the Cal/OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). As Dana Mathes, Dow’s corporate vice president of operations said to Cal/OSHA at a July 16 celebration at the facility, “We’re very thankful that you’re hard judges.” Division of Occupational Safety … Read More »

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OSHA Updating Headgear Rules

Unless it receives significant adverse comments, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration intends to publish a direct final rule this September updating rules regarding head protection. If it doesn’t receive at least one significant negative comment, the rule takes effect Sept. 20. The proposal updates 29 CFR 1910.135(b)(1), 1915.155(b)(1), 1917.93(b)(1), 1918.103(b)(1) to recognize the … Read More »

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NuStar Is VPP’s Newest Star

CROCKETT — “Pull the chain, stop the train”: For a safety mantra, it sounds a bit extreme at first. But for an oil distribution and storage facility, handling millions of gallons of flammable and combustible materials, it can be a lifesaver. And for the newest entrant in Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), they’re words to … Read More »

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The Drinks Are Trendy but Safety Is a Value at Dairy Farmers Ventura

VENTURA — Starbucks Coffee Co. prides itself on its corporate responsibility, from “ethical sourcing” of coffee beans to environmental action. And it can count safety as a corporate value, at least as it concerns one of its manufacturing partners, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). DFA’s Ventura facility, which makes Starbucks’ popular bottled Frappuccino coffee drinks, … Read More »

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