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March 30, 2011

Cal-OSHA Fines Hustler Video $14K for Not Using Condoms

LOS ANGELES—The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) has fined Hustler Video $14,175 for failing to use condoms in its productions. According to the citation issued to Hustler Video and obtained by AVN, Cal-OSHA cites three violations, in which the video production company “failed to provide condoms or other protective equipment” for performers. Additionally the company was cited for failure to provide an injury and illness prevention program, and for failing to provide protection against "other potentially infectious materials." Hustler was fined $4,725 for each violation. The inspection of the Hustler Video set in Canoga Park, Calif. on Sept. 14, was prompted by a complaint from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). Also cited was Mark Zane's Forsaken Pictures, which was fined $12,150 for three violations. According to the complaint, it appears that Forsaken's fines were in connection to producing an adult movie for Hustler Video. AVN reported previously on Cal-OSHA's investigation and inspection of Hustler. “We have opened an investigation into Hustler Video, and it is after we looked into a complaint by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation," Cal-OSHA spokesperson Krisann Chasarik told AVN last September. "We are doing an inspection, but I can’t tell you anything about it until it’s over. But we did receive a complaint, and we are looking into those claims that the blood-borne pathogen standard was being violated.” Hustler has a right to appeal the fine by filing an appeal with the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board within 15 days upon the receipt of the citation, which was issued March 9. A message was left for Hustler President Michael Klein seeking comment. A message also was left for Dean Fryer, spokesperson for the California Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees Cal-OSHA.

 
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