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Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 20:27:39 -0400
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Subject: Re: CalOSHA & UCLA
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.
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