Tag: safety
California Worker Deaths Rose in 2015
The findings from 2015 are in, and the news for California is unfortunate. In 2015, the state saw a double digit increase in workplace...
SMART Response: SSO and Backup Response Documentation
SMART Response is the only mobile app that sewer crews need when responding to Sanitary Sewer Overflows to effectively:
Collect, in the field, information...
My Safety Officer: CalOSHA Compliance for Small Public Agencies
DKF Solutions Group created My Safety Officer® to address the challenges smaller cities and agencies have in staying on top of their safety program....
OSHA’s Six Foot Fall Protection Rule Just Got Teeth
Fall protection continues to be an area of controversy between California’s DIOSH and federal OSHA regulators. When tougher protection rules were initially introduced decades...
Fall Protection Training
Fall Protection competent person training provides the information employees need to work safely when working at height, and satisfies the training requirements in the Cal-OSHA...
Open Enrollment Training
CalOSHA requires employers to assure employees are trained in job specific safe work practices prior to exposing them to workplace hazards. To help support...
Felony Charge in Workplace Injury
In August 2013 a 61-year-old truck driver was crushed by a 35,000-pound earth mover at a large recycling plant near Los Angeles. After an...
New Camera Van Reduces Musculoskeletal Disorders
Oro Loma Sanitary District implemented many effective solutions throughout their facilities in the past year to help reduce musculoskeletal disorders. This month we will...
Employees May Be Safer from Silica in 2017
OSHA’s new silica exposure guidelines have been passed and will be phased in over the next one to two years. These rules impact construction...