Following on the heels of two enforcement cases last summer against truckload carrier J.B. Hunt and LTL carrier Old Dominion (see August 2013 issue of California Transportation News), the Occupational Health and Health Administration (OSHA) Office of Public Affairs issued two more enforcement announcements against motor carriers in early January.
Fall protection: Fall protection, according to OSHA, should be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet in shipyards, six feet in the construction industry, and eight feet in long shoring operations. Hazard communication: The adoption of the GHS-aligned HazCom 2012 standard means a lot of big changes, so read the […]
November 19, 2013 From the office of BCF Public Affairs: Last Fall, your organization joined more than 30 others throughout the state in signing onto an amicus brief in the lawsuit against the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) challenging their adoption of the state’s first Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) under SB 375. You’ll recall […]
A 42-year-old Soledad man was sentenced Friday to 60 days in Monterey County jail and five years of probation for wrongfully using a contractor’s license and not providing workers’ compensation insurance for his employees, authorities said. The county District Attorney’s Office said Lavaki Fale, who’d done business as ‘Vei Construction,’ was also ordered to pay […]
California’s workers’ comp total direct written premium declined by almost 10% in 2009 down to $6.9 billion from $7.6 billion in 2008, according to data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The latest figure is in sharp contrast to where the market was just five years earlier at a whopping $16.1 billion. Since then […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Sept. 15 issued guidelines outlining the permissible exposure limit to dust containing crystalline silica on construction jobsites in a document titled, “Controlling Silica Exposures in Construction.” Crystalline silica has been known to cause the lung disease silicosis.
os Angeles Business Journal, Howard Fine – 8/10/2009 Construction companies and similar businesses be warned: Workers’ compensation rates could soar if the state’s plan to sell part of the State Compensation Insurance Fund comes to fruition. The budget compromise reached by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature calls for the state to appropriate $1 billion from the State Fund, […]
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Executive Director Friday, 04 January 2013 16:27 I was on the cusp of finishing my January managers’ report just before the Christmas weekend and something happened, so instead of cancelling most of my report, I decided to share it with you. I was going to begin it like this: “After 23-months we still have no […]
Executive Director CTN Magazine Wednesday, 03 October 2012 10:14 Going on 20-months and still no decision. CalChamber’s Final Tally on Job Killer Bills: Governor Vetoes Two; Signs Two into Law Gov. Brown concluded his work on legislation over the last weekend in September, vetoing two more CalChamber member-opposed “job killer” bills in addition to signing […]
