USEFUL LINKS
New Regulations:
Recommended Safety and Health Professionals: (in alphabetical order)
Al Clancy & Associates
Al Clancy is a leading go-to guy on industrial health issues. Al is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with a Masters in Public Health degree from UC Berkeley. Although primarily in private practice in his Oakland, CA office, he frequently teaches at the University of Hong Kong and has consulted on public health issues with the People's Republic of China. Al's communication skills are exceptional. He is equally as effective in the board room as he is on the shop floor. He offers a full range of services, including testing and monitoring, evaluation of work practices and shop configuration to eliminate or reduce exposures, and training.
(510) 893-9695
BioMax Environmental
BioMax Environmental provides professional environmental consulting and industrial hygiene services to clients covering a wide range of industries, trades, technologies, organizations, and environmental concerns. We are most familiar with Mike Polkabla, CIH, REA and are very pleased with his work.
www.biomaxenvironmental.com
Dave Smith & Company
Dave is both an excellent CSP (Certified Safety Professional) and a good friend. Equally effective on the shop floor and in the board room, Dave combines an encyclopedic knowledge of regulatory requirements and tried-and-true practical "fixes" for safety problems.
www.davesmithco.com
Health & Safety Risk Management Services
Michael E. Williams, CIH, CSP, ARM has the ability to find problems, and provide effective solutions, before they become accidents. His experience includes working on "the other side of the fence" with Fed and Cal/OSHA, as international safety and health manager for a major Silicon Valley manufacturer, and as a volunteer firefighter. Mike is a nationally recognized and published expert in the semiconductor industry and, since moving to the wine country, is becoming knowledgeable about safety and health issues in the wine industry.
(707) 433-7048 or mikewehs@aol.com
Praetorian Protective Services
Eugene Tucker and his staff have provided safety services to their clients for over 20 years, with an emphasis on the safety and health aspects of disaster recovery. They excel as well at drafting written safety programs tailored to the client's circumstances and needs. We recommend them also for safety planning and training.
www.praetoriansecurity.com
SAFETRAN
SAFETRAN is a contraction of this company's special service: "Safety Translation". Dan O'Connell and his staff , who are fluent in both English and Spanish, are showing the way for safety consulting operations in California and the Southwest by offering a full range of safety services in both languages . They translate written safety programs into Spanish, and conduct classroom training simultaneously in both languages. Dan is especially effective during site walk-arounds when he coaches Hispanic workers in proper safety techniques on the spot without needing to wait for an interpreter. This, and their expertise in CalOSHA's safety and health mandates, makes SAFETRAN a resource we are pleased to recommend to you.
www.safetransafety.com
Net Resources:
Safety Training Matrix
Paul Burnett, a member of the Bay Area Environmental Safety Group, has compiled a spreadsheet of Cal/OSHA's safety training mandates. This is an excellent way to confirm that your entity is in compliance. The list is worth visiting at least annually, as Paul updates it on a regular basis. We suggest you set your printer settings to Landscape for best results.
Cal/OSHA Training and Instruction Requirements (1.4MB)
This listing complements the Safety Training Matrix provided by Paul Burnett, and was last updated by the Division in August 2005. One major difference between the two is that Paul's list includes active links to forms and other information you might need; the Division's does not. One handy feature of the Division's list is that it provides the definitions of "Qualified Person" and "Competent Person" at the end. If you find it difficult to remember the difference, this is helpful.
Martindale.com Tools
Martindale Hubble began as a service providing insurance companies and corporations with references to reliable counsel. With the advent of the internet MH is now available to everyone. Lawyers who wish to be listed on MH must pay for the privilege, but they cannot buy MH's most important service: Its peer ratings. MH submits the names of attorneys who wish to be rated to other attorneys in the general area and the results are collated by ability and ethics. Ability is rated in descending order from A (highest) to C (acceptable). The attorney's ethical standards are rated as either V (very high) or nothing.
Use this link and check us out. You can also find articles on various legal subjects at this site.
OSH.net, and
OccupationalHazards.com
News and resources for safety & health professionals
ErgoWeb, Inc, and
Ergoworld
As their names imply, news and resources on ergonomics.
Publications:
Cal/OSHA Reporter
Hands down, the best source of news and information on Cal/OSHA. Published weekly, COR includes news, safety aids, listings of calendar events and S & H vendors, and excellent summaries of Appeals Board decisions.
Condor OSHA Guides
Concise, well-written basic guides to the requirements and procedures of the Federal, California, Oregon and Washington OSHA programs.
National Acadamies Press
Good source of books and publications on occupational safety-related topics.
Government Sites:
Calif. Division of Occupational Safety & Health
(DOSH):
The arm of Cal/OSHA that enforces, and advises employers about, the regulations. Information on Cal/OSHA's regulations, policies and procedures manual, forms, interpretive letters, a link to the regulations and FAQ's.
Calif. OSH Standards Board
The arm of Cal/OSHA that writes the regulations. Calendars of public meetings, current proposals, archives, and a link to the regulations.
Calif. OSH Appeals Board
The arm of Cal/OSHA that hears employers's appeals (but is independent from both DOSH and the Standards Board). Information on the appeal process and selected Decisions After Reconsideration (called "DARs").
Fed/OSHA
The agency that enforces the federal occupational safety and health laws, and oversees the states's plans. Information on a wide variety of subjects, including interpretive letters and materials, with links to the federal regulations and forms.
Establishment search
Type in any company's name and search criteria to see its inspection and citation experience. Some companies use this site in deciding which of several bidders are acceptable. I recommend that you check your own company's history from time to time, because sometimes Fed/OSHA gets things wrong.
Safety Organizations:
ASSE San Jose, and
ASSE San Francisco
The American Society of Safety Engineers is the largest professional society in the business of safety and health. Name an industry and I guarantee you it is represented here. The Society's members come together regularly to share their knowledge and experiences in open forums. Especially valuable to me have been the monthly meetings of the Construction Division of the SF Chapter.
NSMS Online,
and
NSMS Golden Gate Chapter
The National Safety Management Society's approach to education is in its name: This group focuses on the management of safety programs, their development and structure, rather than on fixes for specific problems. In this they compliment, rather than compete with, the ASSE. Good safety professionals (who have the time) are members of both. The Golden Gate Chapter is consistently the most active chapter of the national organization. If you are at all interested, I strongly recommend that you attend their luncheon meetings.
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