Cal/OSHA to begin inspections of adult film companies this week - no more cumshots!
 

Division of Occupational Health and Safety plans to begin inspections this week, marking the first time Cal/OSHA has investigated the adult-film industry.

"You couldn't imagine a construction company sending a person to a work site without a hard hat, and nor should we think of someone in an adult-film industry production company working without a condom," said Peter Kerndt, director of the sexually transmitted disease program for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. "I look at this strictly as an employer-employee issue."

Monday afternoon, Kerndt, on behalf of the county, asked Cal/OSHA to investigate the production companies where Darren James and Lara Roxx, the two infected actors, have worked.

Also, Gard said, Cal/OSHA generally responds to complaints about workplace hazards, and so far no adult-film actors have filed complaints.

But now that the agency is getting involved, it has two main regulations that would apply to the porn industry: illness-prevention program requirements and the blood-borne pathogen standard, Gard said.

The illness-prevention program requires employers to have written policies on reducing workplace hazards. The blood-borne pathogen standard requires use of universal precautions by people who come in contact with semen, vaginal secretions, blood and other bodily fluids that may transmit diseases.

"If you think of nursing or the healthcare industry, they have to use universal precautions," Gard said. "That means you always use a rubber glove when they draw blood."

In addition to a condoms-only policy, enforcement of existing state regulations would require porn producers to bear the costs of any testing, vaccinations and medical care associated with their employees in the workplace, Kerndt said. It would also mean an end to practices in some pornographic movies that involve contact with semen.

Last year, the county health department issued a report concluding that the porn industry posed a health risk to its workers and the general population. Health officials at that time recommended that the Board of Supervisors ask state officials to develop regulations that would require adult-film actors to use condoms and be tested for a variety of communicable diseases, including HIV and hepatitis.

Since that time, county and state officials have been working with adult-film industry representatives, but news of last week's infections gave the effort to require a condom-only policy new momentum.

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This will cause interesting times...very interesting indeed. No more facials? Only condoms allowed? End to creampies....production costs are about to sky rocket when it starts getting outsourced. :2 cents:

Well, I am not sure that I like more gov't regulation, but I am all for actors getting the proper working conditions and health consideration. This won't really stop studios in other countries from producing though.

Proud (and glad) to be canadian. :)

George Bush says outsourcing is good right? I have a feeling we're going to start seeing a lot of Indian people in porn. :1orglaugh

i guess all the companies can move to nevada

if this is just the state of Calif. the net effect will be that it will just move much of hardcore production out of CA or offshore.

the fact is that it is risky to have sex with strangers.

but, no condom hardcore will still be produced in the world, and you will see increased demand for couples who are already sexually active working together sans condom.

the fact is condomized porn just won't sell as well as no condom porn.

sorry, but that's the truth.

Bloods not on my hands...

HIV will spread as production moves to other area's...

I hope the "Shot callers" are paying attention to cause and effect.

I jacked y0 thread, bitch

Big Government in action.

Praise Allah.

they'll have to use condoms in nevada:
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They're forgetting that porn stars are not employees.

They didn't forget.

big news.

wash those hands before going back to work!

move they will, Cal/OSHA is something else, let me done told you. It won't be just condoms, all kinds of shit, the porn industry is not even ready for Cal/OSHA :helpme

I can see Lensman now, going on a shoot, Cal/OSHA shows up, you know you guys & girls have 2 have hard hats this is Haz. area. :1orglaugh or in an upstairs studio, Cal/OSHA shuts you down because the stairs are not Cal/OSHA approved.:1orglaugh

That's exactly right. Wait until OSHA decides that the cameras aren't ergonomic enough or the lights aren't properly grounded or some shit like that.

What you guys fail to see is that this is a local issue, they will all just move.
Hopefully not to Vegas. We already have too many people moving here.
:(

Proving an employee relationship isn't that easy in many cases. And given the fact that there's no one making these people show up for work, no penalty for being late -- hell, they are all expected to show up late -- and so forth, the contractor relationship would probably prevail in court...