A California school district employee was electrocuted while performing maintenance. Now the district and Cal/OSHA have settled the fines in connection with the 2009 death: The district will pay just 17.5% of what was originally proposed. [Read more…]
1 company, 8 years, 9 amputations
September 29, 2010 6 Comments
Imagine this: Nine workers at one company suffer various types of amputations, ranging from part of a finger to most of an arm, yet the company has avoided paying large fines in many of the cases. [Read more…]
New workplace safety rule for adult film industry?
December 18, 2009 Comments (0)
A healthcare group has called on California to require use of condoms in the production of adult films. [Read more…]
UCLA drops appeal of citations in fatal lab fire
July 7, 2009 Comments (0)
UCLA has dropped its appeal of safety citations in connection with a lab fire that claimed the life of an employee. But that may not be the end of trouble for the university in this case as another investigation has started. [Read more…]
