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Fire Safety: Could Your Business Survive a Wildfire?
June 2008
The 2007 wildfire season was devastating for Southern California. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, more than 2,000 houses were destroyed, more than half a million acres burned across seven counties, and more than 3,000 businesses were directly . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: Don't Let Compressed Air Tank Requirements Trip You Up
June 2008
Noramor Industries, Inc., of Corona (near Anaheim), creates reproductions of original artwork for galleries and businesses to use. After Cal/OSHA inspected the employer's production facility in 2005, the agency issued citations for 21 separate violations, including one for . . . more »

Bulletin: Federal OSHA introduces new combustible dust safety page
April 2008
The hazards of combustible dust are extremely dangerous, yet workers may not even know that the hazards exist until it's too late. Various . . . more »

Hazardous Materials: Would Your Workers Recognize a Bomb? Lessons from the Files of Caltrans
December 2007
On September 6, Adopt-a-Highway volunteers were cleaning up a Central Valley roadway when one of them noticed a cylindrical object lying on the ground. It was about the size of a soda can and tightly wrapped in tire tread material and . . . more »

Trainer's Handbook: Hazardous Chemical Safety; Reviewing the Basics Can Help Prevent Exposures
November 2007
Hazardous chemical safety can be an intimidating subject--there are so many chemicals, so many hazards, and a broad range of precautions. But some simple reminders can help give your employees perspective and prevent injuries . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Panama Shutters Dockets 05-R6D2-2167 through 2181
5/21/2007
Employer is in the business of woodworking for the manufacture of shutters. Beginning November 22, 2004, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division) through Associate Industrial Hygienist Zohra Ali, conducted an inspection at a place of employment maintained by Employer . . . more »

Worker Safety: Independence Day Takeaways
July 2007
Did you know that off-the-job injuries cost employers more than injuries that occur at work? The Fourth of July, one of the more dangerous holidays, is upon us. Nearly 10,000 Americans ended up in the emergency room . . . more »

News Notes: New Explosive Packs Unexpected Punch
July 2007
The first systematic study of a new group of explosives has concluded that the materials are so shock sensitive--apt to detonate if struck or heated--that the legendarily touchy nitroglycerin seems . . . more »

News Note: Chemical Safety Board Issues Recommendations for Refineries
December 2006
The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued a new round of recommendations based upon its investigation of the March 2005 explosion at the BP Texas City Refinery. According to . . . more »

Reactive Chemicals: Understand the Hazards and Control the Risks
May 2006
If a chemical is labeled toxic, corrosive, carcinogenic, or flammable, most workers have an immediate understanding of the type of hazard it presents. They know not to breathe vapors from a toxic chem . . . more »

Dangerous Mixes: UELs, LELs, and Heavier-Than-Air Vapors
January 2006
For an ignition source to start a fire, it has to come into contact with a flammable mixture of oxygen and a fuel source. When you're dealing with solid combustible materials--wood, charcoal, paper, f . . . more »

Flammable or Combustible?
January 2006
What is a chemical's "flash point," and what does it mean to say that a chemical is flammable, combustible, or explosive? The flash point of a chemical is the minimum temperature at which that che . . . more »

News Note: Chemical Safety Board Issues "Urgent" Recommendations
December 2005
Following the March 2005 refinery disaster at a BP Products refinery in Texas that killed 15 workers, the Chemical Safety Board has issued . . . more »

Hazardous Chemicals: Employer Fined $80,000 After Fatal Explosion; Why It's Crucial to Understand and Follow the Process Safety Management Standard
September 2005
Following a fatal explosion, Cal/OSHA recently fined Kern Oil and Refining Company $83,185 for violating requirements to create operating procedures for temporary situations and to train employees to . . . more »

News Note: Kinder Morgan Draws $500,000 Fine
September 2005
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, one of the employers cited after the gas explosion that killed five workers in Walnut Creek on Nov. 9, 2004, has been fined $500,000 by the State Fire Marshal's office. . . . more »

News Note: Fallout from Pipeline Blast Continues
January 2005
Contra Costa County supervisors are trying to determine if the county can do anything to help prevent another accident like the deadly petroleum pipeline explosion that took five workers' lives in Wal . . . more »

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