Flash: California Labor Secretary Joining Biden Administration

Less than two years after becoming California’s secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Julie Su is moving on to the number two spot at the US Department of Labor. Cal-OSHA Reporter

Quarry employee fatally injured by rock-crushing machine

The employee who died from injuries sustained at a Henderson, Nevada rock quarry last week was wounded by a rock-crushing machine, the city’s fire chief said Wednesday. Part of the machine had apparently jammed and the employee was trying to fix it when he apparenlty became caught in it. Nevada OSHA is investigating. Las Vegas Review-Journal

OR-OSHA seeks to make temporary rule permanent

Oregon OSHA is proposing a permanent rule that largely maintains, with some improvements, the risk-reducing measures required by the current temporary emergency rule related to COVID-19. It is slated to receive virtual public hearings later this month and in early March. Lake County Examiner

Six ways retailers can address safety issues before an employee OSHA complaint

Employees play a critical role in safety enforcement and OSHA scrutiny. With safety rules enforcement likely to ramp up, is there anything retailers can do to prevent unwarranted inspections? Interviews and government studies suggest a few strategies that might help. Loss Prevention Media

Dozens of Washington hospitals may have received fake N95 masks

Employees of 40 hospitals across Washington State may have been supplied with fake N95 masks, which were purchased by the Washington State Hospital Association and individual hospitals. There was nothing about the masks that indicated to WSHA or the hospitals that they were fraudulent, an executive with the association says. Self

Wisconsin employer agrees to fine for workplace death

A Wisconsin company has reached a settlement of nearly $10,400 with Fed-OSHA over the death of one of its employees, who was fatally injured last July when a nylon tote containing 2,000 pounds of beans fell on her. Fed-OSHA charged the totes were stacked two-high, and were not secured to prevent tipping. WQOW