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Old 01-27-2013, 05:34 PM  
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Cal/OSHA Fines Streamray Studios (FFN) $28K for No Condoms, Other Safety Issues



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Cal/OSHA (California?s Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health), the state?s health and safety regulatory and watchdog organization, issued multiple workplace safety citations to Chatsworth-based adult film production company Streamray Studios Inc., including several for failing to follow workplace safety regulations, including for failure to ??ensure use of appropriate personal protective equipment, such as?condoms??

On January 10, 2013, officials from the High Hazard Unit of Cal OSHA issued seven (7) citations ranging in degree from general to serious to Streamray. Three (3) of the seven dealt specifically with condom use and availability (or lack thereof) and/or safer sex practices among the adult film performers, including a citation for failure to ?write, establish, implement, and/or maintain an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) which met the requirements of this standard for their employees who were exposed to hazards including but not limited to sexually transmitted illness in the course of producing adult videos.

The seven citations resulted in financial penalties or fines totaling $28,460, of which $14,175 of the fines were specifically issued for lack of condoms on set, lack of an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) and Exposure Control Plan.
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CHATSWORTH, Calif. ? Cal/OSHA has issued seven citations to Chatsworth-based adult film production company Streamray Studios Inc. for violating workplace safety regulations.

The violations, many involving the failure ensure to use of personal protective equipment such as condoms, amount to $28,460 in fines.

News of the fines came way of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, proponents of Measure B, the ordinance that makes condoms mandatory in Los Angeles county. The organization disseminated a press release detailing the Cal/OSHA fines on Business Wire.

The studio, which primarily produces movies for Penthouse, received seven citations, six of which were labeled "serious" during an investigation that was opened on Oct. 4.

According to the AHF, three of the seven violations found at the Dearborn Street studio dealt specifically with condom use and availability, as well as a lack of an injury and exposure control plans. Some of the violations involved electrical and equipment issues.
The inspection that led to the fines, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's website, was based on a "complaint" and unannounced.

Cal/OSHA officials, unavailable at post time, have yet to elaborate to XBIZ details of the inspection and fines.

The fines, which can be appealed, were decided on Jan. 10.
Streamray Studios Fined $28,460 by Cal/OSHA

Steamray is a part of Cams.com/Adult Friend Finder/FFN Network, so at least they can afford to appeal and fight it, but still...



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