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Bulletin: Northern California car washes fined $521,000 for safety violations
October 2008
Officials with the State Division of Labor Standards Enforcement issued citations totaling $521,000 in fines to car wash businesses in Northern California as part of an ongoing effort to address illeg . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: DOSH Discovers Price of Not Participating in Discovery--Case Dismissed
August 2008
In response to an employee complaint, the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) conducted an inspection at Fresno City College, a division of the State Center Community College District (SCCCD) and issued five citations, one of which included 22 separate violations. . . . more »

Bulletin: Federal OSHA Creates New SHMS Fact Sheet
June 2008
You can now download OSHA's "Effective Workplace Safety and Health Management Systems" resource. This fact sheet . . . more »

Accident Investigation: Identify the Root Cause, Take the Right Corrective Action
April 2008
A worker was sweeping the floor in an aisle alongside bales of reclaimed paper that were stacked six high at a California waste management facility. Each bale . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: Foot Pedals Cause Finger Amputations; Employers Didn't Guard Points of Operation
April 2008
At 11:30 p.m., Balderamo Haro was alone in the workshop at Brydenscot Metal Products in San Bernadino, putting in some overtime. He was bending pieces of 20-gauge steel . . . more »

Appeals Board Decision to Watch: J.F. Shea Construction, Inc.
April 2008
The Cal/OSH Appeals Board created quite a sensation recently with its decision after reconsideration in the case of J.F. Shea Construction, . . . more »

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 »

Bulletin: COCA Online Exclusive: Avoiding DOSH citations
March 2008
In this month's Online Exclusive, we cover five of the most common, yet easily avoidable, citations that state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) . . . more »

Bulletin: Recordkeeping resources available from Cal/OSHA
March 2008
When you pick up the March issue of COCA, you'll read about two California employers that were slapped with citations from DOSH when they couldn't produce required safety records. . . . more »

Fleet Safety: Servicing Rims and Wheels; Make Sure Workers Aren't Caught by Explosive Depressurization
March 2008
A 20-year-old apprentice mechanic had been working for a California water truck rental company for only two days, and his supervisor, the lead mechanic, had been working there for only four days. On the apprentice's second day of work, the company owner showed the lead mechanic and the apprentice the proper safety procedure to follow when changing a tire on a big truck. The owner then watched as the lead mechanic changed a tire, correcting his technique as needed. . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: DOSH Cites Employers Unable to Document Compliance; Two Cases of Missing Paperwork
March 2008
After showing state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspector Nick Gleiter around a Cannon Constructors worksite in Oakland, job superintendent Gary Woffinden led the inspector to his office trailer. Gleiter then asked to see the employer's Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), . . . more »

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 »

Appeals Board Decisions: Were Workers in an Isolated Location? Factors to Consider
February 2008
Two Utility Tree Service, Inc., employees were trimming trees in a gated residential community in Lake Almanor, located in Plumas County. They were working about one block from a dead end, within two . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Cannon Constructors Inc. 05-R1D4-2892 and 2893
10/27/2007
On March 22, and April 13, 2005, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), through Safety Engineer Nick Gleiter, conducted an accident inspection at 1007 41^st Street in Oakland, where Cannon Constructors Inc. (Employer) was undertaking a residential multi-story construction project. . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: Color Factory 05-R4D3-2139 and 2140
10/12/2007
Color Factory (hereinafter sometimes referred to as Employer) manufactures cosmetics for a variety of cosmetics lines (such as Avon, or Max Factor) in its factory at 11320 Penrose Street, Sun Valley, California. . . . more »

Appeals Board Decisions: Worker Killed During Excavation Project; Cited Employer Claims Performance Standard Is Too Vague
January 2008
On July 23, 2003, Bea Reynolds and Johnny Castro were working at a Napa construction site where R & L Brosamer, Inc., was excavating soil in preparation for a highway project. Reynolds, a representative for the local landfill, and Castro, a laborer for Brosamer, were working as "rootpickers," inspecting the excavated soil to identify and remove contaminants that could not be . . . more »

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