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Here’s the link for the LA Times story about the citation: http://www.latimes.com/la-me-uclalab5-2009may05,0 ,7130412.story
Here’s a quote from the article that may be illuminating:
<"The
important point to make here is that these penalties are not designed to
compensate for injury or loss of life," said Dean Fryer, a Cal/OSHA
spokesman, explaining that the fines <merely address the civil violation
s of
workplace regulations.
<As in any accident resulting in death, Fryer said, Cal/OSHA will prepar
e an
additional report to present to the Los Angeles County district attorney fo
r
consideration of criminal prosecution. <Cal/OSHA as a matter of routine
does
not contact the district attorney before civil penalties are assessed.
Stay tuned – more to come, I thi nk.
Debbie
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Debbie M. Decker, Campus Chemical Safety Officer
Environmental Health and Safety
(530)754-7964/(530)752-4527 (FAX)
dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu
Co-Conspirator to Make the
Better Place
From: DCHAS-L
Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU] On
Behalf Of marcelina
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 200
9 5:02
AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CalOS
HA
& UCLA
OSHA cannot cite for the fatality, only for
the hazards that caused it. Besides each citation can only go up to $7
,000
unless its a willful citation (plain indifference or intentional disregard)
.
I think our NATIONAL average for cases that involved
fatalities for last year was ~ $3500. This could be very
frustrating and I know it seems like very little, but that's the way it wor
ks.
Marcelina Santiago, PhD
OSHA Compliance Officer
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 15:36:
04
+1000
From: Paul.Dover**At_Symbol_Here**PHARM.MONASH.EDU.AU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] CalOSHA & UCLA
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
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This is shamef ul! $31850 for a fatality. We would get fined double that for an explosion. Foster’s group recently got fined over $1,000,000 for an occupational fatality when they had not installed a failsafe they were instructed to do by Worksa fe (our equivalent of OSHA) on a previous inspection. Admittedly it was a million AUS $.
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Cheers, Paul
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Phone: +61 3 9903 9551
Email: Paul.Dover**At_Symbol_Here**pharm.monash.edu.au
Resources Manager
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
381 Royal Parade,
Fax: +61 3 9903 9143
Web: http://www.pharm.monash.edu.au
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Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On
Behalf Of NEAL LANGERMAN
Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2009 7:
59 PM
To: Paul Dover
Subject: [DCHAS-L] CalOSHA &
amp;
UCLA
Cal OSHA issued its citations on t he UCLA fatality at 16h30 Monday 4 May.
Cal OSHA fined UCLA $31850 for the fatality. $18,000 was for inadequate use of PPE, most of the remainde r was for lack of training.
No surprises in the citation.
nl
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