Cal OSHA Fines Bimbo Bakery Where Workers Lost Limbs
California occupational safety officials have issued one of their agency's largest group of fines ever, $230,535 to Bimbo Bakeries for failing to fix safety violations that led to amputation of…
Aerosol Transmissible Diseases Citations at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
The handling of a patient with bacterial meningitis landed an Alta Bates Summit Medical Center employee and an Oakland police officer in intensive care and prompted California's Division of Occupational…
Severe Violator Enforcement Program Targets Unsafe Employers
OSHA to zero in on repeat violators To reduce on-the-job fatalities, the government is launching an enforcement program to target repeat safety offenders and increase penalties. The Occupational Safety and…
Employee Loses Fingertips in Perris CA Industrial Accident
A worker lost two fingertips in an industrial accident Thursday morning in Perris, authorities said. An injury involving a machine was reported about 8:15 a.m. at Four Slide Engineering, 4635…
OSHA Hearing Protector Labeling
40CFR211 Subpart B, Hearing Protector Labeling Exposure to high levels of noise is one of the most prevalent occupational hazards faced by American workers, with an estimated 22 million noise‐exposed…
California Landfill Wins OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs Star Status
The certification by Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA followed a three-year safety project at the Clean Harbors facility. Clean Harbors, a Norwell, Mass.-based operator of more than 50 waste management facilities…
H1N1 Respiratory Protection: Surgical Masks vs. N95 Respirators
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued updated guidelines for infection control procedures for the H1N1 influenza virus. Included in these updated guidelines were recommendations that employees having direct exposure…
OSHA Posts Fatality Logs Online
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday unveiled a new Web site that lists fatality and catastrophe reports by companies across the nation. The federal agency keeps logs of…
3M 8000 Respirator Recall From Cal OSHA
News report about the recall of 3M 8000 respirators made reference to the "8000 series respirator." That term has triggered a deluge of questions to Cal/OSHA about whether other 3M…
OSHA Hires 130 New Workplace Inspectors
OSHA Steps Up the Pace with new hiring plans. The federal agency has announced a number of regulatory priorities, including a request to hire 130 more OSHA inspectors. With states…