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336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Master List 2 is a list of all establishments listed in Appendix A and B  and having an elevated illness rate based on the 2020 OSHA 300A data. OSHA Area Offices are directed to use “either list or a combination of the two lists” to meet their targeted inspection goals. The Compliance Directive instructs that targeted inspections may begin at least two weeks after the effective date of the Directive, which was March 12. These inspections are to b...

General Sheet Metal Works Inc. Company overcomes 2020 challenges with improved safety protocols In September 2020, as the world faced the challenges of COVID-19, wildfires and hazardous air quality from the smoke presented a new level of safety concerns. Safety Manager Raymon Brison was charged with figuring out how to run the fabrication shop at General Sheet Metal Works Inc. safely. The company quickly implemented a Respiratory Protection Program and had a stock of 3M 6500 series half-face re...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA By the end of August, more than 2,230 San Quentin State Prison inmates and nearly 280 staff members had become infected with COVID-19. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS) California issues largest Covid-19 penalty to San Quentin State Prison after deadly outbreak SACRAMENTO — San Quentin State Prison faces California’s single largest penalty yet over workplace safety violations contributing to the spread of Covid-19, the state announced on Thursday. The prison fa...