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Appeals Board Decisions:
Worker Who Skipped Required Safety Training Is Injured; Employer Discovers It's Not Enough to Only Train Some Workers
March 2010
Everardo Diaz showed up for work on a residential construction crew in San Diego at about 7 a.m. on July 11, 2008. Diaz and his brother, Armando, were members of the "joister crew" and were working on the second floor of a house under construction. At about 8:15 a.m., Diaz was walking backwards on the top plate of the second floor, measuring and marking, when he fell. Diaz was not wearing any fall protection, and no perimeter scaffolding or guardrails were in place to protect him. He fell more than 19 feet, sustaining fractures to his back, pelvis, and arm. . . . more »
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Tree Trimming:
Trees Break, Branches Fall, Workers Die; Protect Tree Trimmers During Peak Trimming Season
December 2009
On April 4, a five-man crew was removing an oak tree from a hillside on a Universal Studios backlot when the tree trunk rotated clockwise, striking and killing a worker who was standing next to the chain saw operator. On April 30, another tree trimmer in Auburn (east of Sacramento) was 20 feet up in a multi-trunk tree when one trunk broke at the ground level and sent him plummeting to his death. Yet another tree trimmer in Los Angeles was trapped against a palm tree by a heavy palm frond and suffocated to death in February. . . . more »
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Back to School:
Safety 101 for Crossing Guards
September 2009
With school back in full swing this month, the nearly 6,000 crossing guards in California are again working the intersections near schools across the state--standing in the middle of the street while cars come at them from two or more directions and children wait on the sidewalks for their chance to cross. Fifty-seven crossing guards were killed in the United States between 2003 and 2007, and . . . more »
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News Note: U.S. Traffic Fatalities Reach 38-Year Low
September 2009
The number of traffic fatalities reported in 2008 hit its lowest level since 1961, the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced. The fatality data for 2008 placed the highway death count at 37,261, a drop of 9.7 percent from 2007 . . . more »
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Trainer's Handbook:
Clothes Make the Worker And Make the Worker Safe
June 2009
All workplaces have dress codes, and all dress codes have a purpose. Workers may be required to wear certain clothes to identify them as representatives of their employer, as when meter-readers wear the insignia of their utility company so that homeowners don't mistake them for trespassers. They may be required to wear clothes that protect the products that they work with, as when clean-room workers wear shoe covers, or cooks wear hairnets. They may also be required to wear specific clothing or observe dress restrictions for safety reasons related to their jobs. . . . more »
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Appeals Board Decisions:
Employer Learns the Hard Way to Keep Safety Equipment Up to Date
May 2009
During an inspection of the Thayer Tunnel site in Rancho Cucamonga, a state Division of Occupational Safety and Health inspector checked out the contents of a metal storage container for supplies and found several self-rescue respirators. By checking the serial numbers on these respirators against a manufacturer's chart, the inspector discovered that one of them was . . . more »
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