Authorities responding to a 9-1-1 call made a gruesome discovery at a Bumble Bee Foods seafood plant in California.
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Tags: bumble bee, CAL-OSHA, worker cooked to death
Is OSHA good or bad for the U.S. economy? A new study gives the agency a boost, at least when safety and health inspections are conducted at random.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, journal Science, OSHA help or hurt businesses, random safety inspections
You’ve probably heard about OSHA inspections started because a compliance officer happened to be driving by a construction site and saw a potential violation. This story involves an investigation started because of a newspaper photo.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, fall protection, firefighter, Santa Rose Fire Department
A carpenter was buried up to the top of his head in the collapse of a 12-foot ditch. The situation was so dangerous that rescuers couldn’t remove his body until two days later.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, criminal charges, housing construction, trench collapse
Cal-OSHA is investigating the deaths of two brothers who were working at a compost center in Lamont, CA. They were overcome by fumes in a confined space.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, confined space, overcome by fumes, protective gear
A nonprofit organization focused on workplace safety has called on California to lift a state freeze to hire more Cal-OSHA inspectors.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, California, OSHA inspectors, Worksafe
A worker at the Port of Oakland in California lost both her legs after being run over by a container lift that weighed several tons.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, double amputation, lift truck
A company has been fined $128,945 for safety violations after a worker was buried and killed at a construction site.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, loading forks, suffocation
A woman is suspected of bilking construction companies in California out of $500,000 by posing as an OSHA inspector.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, construction companies, posing as OSHA inspector
Could a moment of distraction have caused a worker to lose his right hand?
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, paper cutter, worker loses hand
