Pacific Coast Safety and Training

If you're decorating around the workplace this holiday season, keep the workplace safe by ensuring that holiday decorations pose no hazards to workers with our checklist. Safe De

Do you deck the halls in your workplace? Whether you decorate for business-related purposes--to draw in customers looking for holiday items--or just to have some seasonal cheer at work, make sure your holiday trimmings don't invite tragedy. To help you decorate safely, here are some holiday tips

Adults are not children. This may seem obvious, yet the training given to adults is often based on the same model that schoolteachers use with primary school children: The teacher is the expert who gives students both information and a context for that information, and students are expected to respect the teacher's authority and expertise.

According to the California Air Resources Board, more than 90 percent of Californians live in areas that experience episodes of dangerously "dirty" air--when air is contaminated with levels of ozone, toxics, and particulate matter (PM) that are dangerous to human health.

ABC Supply Company, a Wisconsin-based roofing supplier, rented a rough terrain forklift for workers in its Los Angeles facility to use. On April 13, 2005, a worker was descending a grade, with a load raised up on the forks, when the forklift tipped over. The worker was killed

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new 23-minute safety video, "Half an Hour to Tragedy," highlighting the causes of a deadly propane gas explosion at the Little General convenien

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators has announced a new certification program for signalpersons. The program follows the intent of the latest revision of the American

A new OSHA resource addresses the hazards of shipfitting in vessel construction and repair and ways to avoid those hazards. The A href="http://www.osha.gov/dts/maritime/sltc/ships/shipfitting/shi

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Health has issued guidelines for industrial employers on workplace use of contact lenses and personal protective equipment (including protect

Four Democratic U.S. senators have written letters to the heads of the Department of Labor and OSHA expressing concern over the public health risks of diacetyl, a chemical used in artificial flavoring

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued the draft guidance for Risk-Based Performance Standards (RBPSs) of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). The guidance was develop

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is reminding employers of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning in the wake of a recent incident. Says Assistant Director Steve Cant: "Every fa

Ordinarily, when a piece of equipment is working, all of its potentially hazardous contact points should be fully guarded. Conversely, whenever its potentially hazardous points of contact are not guarded, the machine should be shut down, locked out, and neutralized so that workers are not imperiled while they work in areas that would be dangerous.

They may seem insignificant, but little things can really add up--like the penalties attached to citations for not keeping your Log 300 forms properly and not providing them to state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) inspectors in a timely manner. These penalties typically run between $150 and $375, with the possibility of reductions for good faith or financial hardship--but if you're not keeping your Log 300 correctly, you could also be hit with multiple violations of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research recordkeeping rules, contained in Title 8, Section 14300. Take a look at the common mistakes we describe here --and some of the employers that made them--and make sure that you're not letting your recordkeeping nickel and dime you into some significant penalties.

After two nuclear power plants were found to have purchased fake replacement parts, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) warned plant licensees last April about counterfeit parts. The counterfeit c

Time is running out to register for the third annual California Employment Law Update conference in San Francisco from Nov. 5-7. For more information, including details on the just-added session on th

Concerned that current regulations governing mine safety do not adequately account for the dangers of substance abuse among miners, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed new re

California stands alone in its willingness to prosecute employers who kill or harm their workers by violating safety laws.

News analysis of decision by Congress to scrap Clinton administration rules to combat repetitive stress injuries in workplace; move raises question of what, if anything, Bush administration and Congress will do to reduce 1.8 million cases reported each year

House votes narrowly to repeal regulations issued by Bill Clinton in his final months in office in response to what he called wave of injuries resulting from repetitive motions on the job