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Article: Cal/OSHA Conducts 305 Heat Inspections; Continues to See Increased Compliance.
- Article from:
- Food Business Week
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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The Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) last week conducted their largest ever heat enforcement effort per Governor Schwarzenegger's direction and in response to increased heat across all regions of the state. The inspections, which were conducted Monday through Saturday, involved up to as many as 43 teams a day statewide. Two farm operations were shut down for serious violations of the heat illness prevention standard that posed an imminent hazard to the employees working in excessive heat.
"Due to the extreme heat experienced last week we mobilized the largest ever enforcement action in Cal/OSHA history," ...