{"id":3003,"date":"2014-07-01T06:42:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T12:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2014-06-10T13:43:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T19:43:47","slug":"california-construction-industry-must-prepare-increase-safety-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/california-construction-industry-must-prepare-increase-safety-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"California Construction Industry Must Prepare for an Increase in Safety Inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Y. Siegel and William E. Weiner &#8211; June 3, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Employers in the construction industry throughout California must prepare for an increase in the number of California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (\u201cCal\/OSHA\u201d) inspectors who will check employers\u2019 fall protection safety systems.\u00a0 The increase in inspections is a response to the events that occurred between May 18 and May 21, 2014, when four construction workers tragically died at separate California worksites as a result of accidental falls.\u00a0 According to the DIR\u2019s News Release dated May 27, 2014, the inspections are expected to occur mostly at construction sites in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u00a0 However, additional inspections will likely occur throughout the entire country, as the federal Occupational Safety &amp; Health Administration (\u201cOSHA\u201d) designated June 2-6, 2014 as \u201cNational Safety Stand-Down\u201d week to encourage employers to talk with workers about fall hazards and prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, fall safety is not a new problem in the construction industry.\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed, the California Department of Industrial Relation\u2019s (\u201cDIR\u201d) website states that fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction workers, accounting for 269 of the 775 construction fatalities nationwide recorded in 2012.\u00a0 However, fall protection is not the only safety concern on Cal\/OSHA\u2019s radar.\u00a0 The DIR also announced that government investigators will examine other safety issues at construction sites, including trench safety, equipment safety and potential site hazards such as power lines.<\/p>\n<p>Employers must be cautioned that if Cal\/OSHA finds that a construction site does not comply with all applicable safety regulations, the employer will face significant consequences.\u00a0 Among other things, construction sites may be cited and shut down until all safety problems are fixed.\u00a0 As a result, construction employers should proactively check their worksites to determine whether adequate measures have been taken to identify safety hazards and prevent injuries.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=49b9926d-18c8-4f2f-aa15-ef2ef602f403&amp;utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&amp;utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Other+states+section&amp;utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&amp;utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2014-06-05&amp;utm_term=\">California construction industry must prepare for an increase in safety inspections &#8211; Lexology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Y. 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Weiner &#8211; June 3, 2014 Employers in the construction industry throughout California must prepare for an increase in the number of California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (\u201cCal\/OSHA\u201d) inspectors who will check employers\u2019 fall protection safety systems.\u00a0 The increase in inspections is a response to the events that occurred&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/california-construction-industry-must-prepare-increase-safety-inspections\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">California Construction Industry Must Prepare for an Increase in Safety Inspections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[12,5,540],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","category-osha","tag-construction","tag-osha","tag-safety-inspections","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>California Construction Industry Must Prepare for an Increase in Safety Inspections - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/california-construction-industry-must-prepare-increase-safety-inspections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California Construction Industry Must Prepare for an Increase in Safety Inspections - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adam Y. 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