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News Note: NRC Warns of Counterfeit Power Plant Parts
June 2008
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a warning to nuclear power reactor licensees about counterfeit parts after phony valves were discovered at one facility and circuit breakers used in other plants were recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Although none . . . more »
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Enforcement: Five Citations You Should Never Get
COCA Online Exclusive
There are some citations that state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspectors write over and over again; they're in the top 10 every year. And yet, they're some of the easiest citations to avoid . . . more »
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Construction: The 411 on 811; Why You Should Always Dial Before You Dig
March 2008
A worker digging a trench for a new water main struck a petroleum pipe with a backhoe in the East Bay city of Walnut Creek in 2004 because its location hadn't been accurately marked. The resulting explosion killed five men and left 14 children fatherless. Four different employers faced hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and $69 million in civil penalties. The pipeline's owner, . . . more »
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Construction: Scaffolding Safety Basics; Don't Send Workers Up Half-Planked
February 2008
On June 8, 2007, a drywaller at a residential construction site in Claremont came in early to work on a vaulted ceiling. At 7:25 a.m., his co-workers arrived and found him lying dead beneath the scaffold. He had fallen to his death. Eighty-seven Californians died this way in 2006, and more than 20,000 additional workers are injured each year in falls in this state. . . . more »
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DOWNLOAD: Commercial Wood Products Co. Dockets 05-R6D2-1653 through 1656
4/30/2008
Commercial Wood Products Co. (Employer) is a wood cabinet manufacturer. On November 3, 2004, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), through Associate Safety Engineer Dien Nguyen, conducted an accident inspection at a place of employment maintained by Employer at 10019 Yucca Road, Adelanto, California (the site). On April 6, 2005, the Division cited Employer for the following alleged violations of the occupational safety and health standards an orders found in Title 8, California Code of Regulations: . . . more »
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