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From: List Moderator <ecgrants**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Subject: Re: CalOSHA & UCLA
Date: May 8, 2009 00:26 UTC
Reply-To: List Moderator <ecgrants**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Message-ID: <legacy-2009-20090507c@ilpi.com>
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From: greenwoodjoan**At_Symbol_Here**msn.com Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] CalOSHA & UCLA Date: May 7, 2009 2:39:28 PM EDT (CA) When I became a lab director in the early 1990s, I was carefully instructed by the General Manager of the corporation that in the event of a California OSHA "preventable injury", I could be put in jail! It shocked me that so many experienced bench analysts ignored safety rules related to dress, protective eye wear and working alone in the lab. Consequently, over a period of one year, I had to terminate five people for repeated violations of company safety policies. I was required to audit the facilities under my management every week for safety compliance, inspect daily and report the results in writing to the General Manager bi-weekly. Apparently, training alone isn't enough to ensure that staff takes the rules seriously.